A research project has recently been initiated, to establish the characteristics of the organisational capability required to succeed in realising benefits from IT investments. The aim of this paper is to introduce the research framework for this study and to present a progress report on the first, exploratory phase of this research, which sought to establish how explicitly and proactively bene...

JPL is considering the development and launch of a roving long-range, long-duration science laboratory to Mars that will be a major leap in the in-situ exploration of Mars. This paper focuses on methods to determine relative benefits of autonomy technology development investments for accomplishing this mission’s goals. We developed a framework that looks at both cost and risk early in the desig...

For the last 10 years or so, asset managers and infrastructure owners have had to contend with ever-changing requirements for driving down operational expenditure, optimizing investments and improving workforce safety. To achieve these goals, asset-intensive organizations have enhanced their information management capabilities to enable significant changes, such as the move to reliability-cente...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between various characteristics of hospital administration and the utilization of classes of volunteer resource management (VRM) practices. Design/methodology/approach - This paper uses original data collected via surveys of volunteer directors in 122 hospitals in five Northeastern and Southern US states. Findings - Structural equation...

There are challenges of maintaining, refurbishing and modernising infrastructure assets under limited investments available for such purposes. Potential technological and operational challenges exist as a barrier to long-term information retention, which also plays a crucial role, amongst other factors, to futureproof major infrastructure. These issues appear to be trivial for short-term data m...

By way of critically examining the nexus between electronic government (e-government), service transformation and knowledge management, this paper explores the potential for better public sector governance and strengthened levels of relational trust between citizens and governments. Within such a context A specific objective of this paper is to examine strategies and mechanisms for knowledge ma...

Good public infrastructure management means more than increasing the quantity of infrastructure stocks; it also involves improving the quality of infrastructure. This study seeks to document the quality of infrastructure projects in China’s villages and to measure whether or not quality has suffered as China’s investment effort has risen. Using data from 100 villages in China, we have found, us...

Responsible investors, like regular investors, need to investigate whether to actively or passively manage their investments. This especial is of interest for responsible investing as it requires additional information generation and processing compared to more conventional investing. This study compares socially responsible investment funds in the US with a special focus on their financial per...

This study proposes a managerial accounting research design that bridges a gap between firm productivity based on frontier techniques and strategic management. In doing so, it operationalizes the theoretical frameworks based on the endogenous components of acrossfirms heterogeneous resources and routines, which are fundamental for firm performance. The design focuses on industry-level benchmark...

This paper explains why CEOs are unable to curtail risky investments before a crisis. CEOs rely on the advice of their employees to understand the riskiness of their investments. When employees observe noisy signals, they may be reluctant to disclose their information for the fear of getting fired. So, the CEO needs to offer contracts which provide incentive to disclose their information. The p...