Information imperfections, and asymmetrical information in particular, have primarily been regarded as impediments to the economic efficiency of markets; they have seldom been explored as opportunities to earn economic rents. This article builds an information strategy framework by elaborating on the strategic opportunities that exist for firms in markets that fail to satisfy the perfect inform...

Information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to transform the public sector. Recently, transformational government (t-government) has been introduced as a new stage of egovernment aimed at realizing structural changes and greater benefits. Yet, there are many impediments blocking transformation and there is limited insight in these barriers. In this paper impediments for tgo...

The data generated within the construction industry has become increasingly overwhelming. Data mining technology presents an opportunity to increase significantly the rate at which the volumes of data generated through the maintenance process can be turned into useful information. This can be done using classification algorithms to discover patterns and correlations within a large volume of dat...

We are interested in implementing a fully automated software development process starting from sequence charts, which have proven their naturalness and usefulness in industry. We show in this paper that even for the simplest variants of sequence charts, there are strong impediments to the implementability of this dream. In the case of a manual development, we have to check the final implementat...

This paper presents an aspect of the ongoing research at the University of Michigan aiming to analyze the status of e-commerce in the construction industry. It identifies impediments and challenges, and research solutions for the identified challenges. The focus is on risk management and legal challenges for e-commerce in construction. Very little, if any, research exists on this area in constr...

One of the great impediments to further development of shellfish aquaculture in the Northeast Region is a perception that industry expansion could have negative environmental effects on our coastal waters. Although considerable research over the last 25 years has focused on both the positive and negative effects of rebuilding mollusc populations, which could filter enormous quantities of algae,...

Drawing from the author’s twenty years of experience in formal methods research and development, and, particularly, with the EVES-based systems, this paper provides personal impressions on what is and what is not working with regards to the adoption and application of formal methods. As both the community’s understanding of technology transfer issues and formal methods technology improve, one i...