Purpose: Drawing from literature on innovation, strategy and culture the objective of this study is to explore the role of perceived potentials and perceived strategic importance on CIOs’ perspective on RFID technology in two different cultural settings. Methodology:Based on survey responses from463German and 157 Italian IT decisionmakerswe analyzed the data with PLS structural equation modelin...

the balanced scorecard framework with a hierarchical, multilayer, and causal-effect structure can shed light on the growth path and pave the development steps, which in addition to monitoring the financial goals. it also considers and controls the other effective and driving factors. in this study, after reviewing the balanced scorecard, a model was proposed in addition to extract the strategic...

Positioning the organization in the strategic environment of its industry is one of the first and most important phases of the organizational strategic planning and in today knowledge-based economy has its importance been duplicated for higher education institutes as the centers of education, knowledge creation and knowledge worker training. Up to now, various models with diverse approaches hav...

the future of contested strategic competitions in the indian ocean the indian ocean has received new attention in recent years because of its economic and strategic importance. the region is seen as a theatre for great power rivalries mainly between the united states, china, and india. in this regard, this paper assesses how the indian ocean region is coping with the challenges of global powers...

Granting access to those who should have it and denying access to those who shouldn’t is a basic feature in many software products. Security is of strategic importance in many markets and types of products. In this month’s issue of Strategic Software Engineering, I will explore some issues about the strategic importance of security. I will discuss the influence of other product qualities such a...