A knowledge-driven shift in perception of ICT implementation barriers: Comparative study of US and European SMEs

Wielicki, Tom; Arendt, Łukasz

doi:10.1177/0165551509354417

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“…There is an emerging body of work that applies the concept to organizations in general, applying terms such as: the business digital divide (Arendt, 2008;Wielicki and Arendt, 2010); the corporate digital divide (Bach et al, 2013;Forman, 2005); and the organizational digital divide (Dewan and Riggins, 2005). Studies within this domain refer not only to ICT access, but also the ability of appropriate use of the technology.…”

Section: The Digital Dividementioning

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BIM and the small construction firm: a critical perspective

Dainty

Leiringer

Fernie

et al. 2017

Building Research & Information

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The need for technological and administrative innovation is a recurrent theme in the UK construction reform agenda, but generic improvement recipes are beginning to give way to a more focused prescription; Building Information Modelling (BIM). The current strategy is to mandate the use of BIM for government projects as a way of integrating the design, construction and operation of publically procured buildings. This aspiration represents a partial turn away from a focus on managerialist agendas towards a belief in the power of digital practices to achieve the aspiration of integrated working, collaboration and innovation, a trend that is being reflected globally in relation to both national and firm-level policy interventions. In this paper we subject this 'BIM revolution' to critical scrutiny. By drawing on theories of the digital divide we develop a critical discourse around the ways in which political reform agendas centred on BIM might not stimulate innovation on a wider scale, but could act to disenfranchise small firms who are unable (or unwilling) to engage with them. This critical analysis presents important new research questions around the technocratic optimism which pervades the current reform discourse, the trajectory of industry development that it creates, and the policy process itself.

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Section: The Digital Dividementioning

confidence: 99%

BIM and the small construction firm: a critical perspective

Dainty

Leiringer

Fernie

et al. 2017

Building Research & Information

154

186

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“…Many authors point to the fact that the limitation in SMEs development translates into the difficulties in IT implementation (Arendt, 2008;Enzenhofer & Chroust, 2001;Estrin, Foreman, & Garcia, 2003;Olszak & Ziemba, 2010b, 2011a, 2011bRoztocki & Weistroffer, 2008, Thong & Yap 1997Wielicki & Arendt, 2010). Enzenhofer and Chroust (2001) list internal barriers to IT adoption that included unstructured procedures for analyzing SME needs, vague implementation practices, difficulties in identifying appropriate systems, difficulties understanding vendor systems, and excessive time needed to make IT decisions.…”

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Critical Success Factors for Implementing Business Intelligence Systems in Small and Medium Enterprises on the Example of Upper Silesia, Poland

Olszak

Ziemba

2012

IJIKM

139

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The main objective of this article is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) for Business Intelligence (BI) systems implementation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).The structure of the article is subordinated to this objective. The paper identifies the term Business Intelligence, characteristics of Business Intelligence systems, and various perspectives of their development. Then, the existing CSFs of IT projects and BI projects proposed by various authors in literature are reviewed. Next, on the basis of statistical data and literature, the role of SMEs in the economy and the barriers to their development are assessed. The obtained results allowed us to determine that one of the barriers to the SMEs development is the implementation and use of IT. Subsequently, using in-depth interviews with SMEs, the SMEs need for BI systems as well as the determinants and barriers to their implementation are recognized. Based on the findings, using critical thinking and inductive reasoning, the authors of the article along with the researched enterprises have defined CSFs that are crucial for implementing BI systems in SMEs. The results obtained may be useful for managers, policy makers, business analysts, and IT specialists in dealing with planning and implementation of BI systems in SMEs.

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“…SMEs play an important role in national economies, by collectively contributing an average of 90% of national economic output (Wielicki & Arendt, 2010). There is growing evidence that smaller businesses can gain business value from the use of social media for internal and external purposes (Geho et al, 2010).…”

Section: Media Smesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Media entrepreneurship: a consensual definition

Khajeheian

2017

AD-minister

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A knowledge-driven shift in perception of ICT implementation barriers: Comparative study of US and European SMEs

Cited by 50 publications

References 21 publications

BIM and the small construction firm: a critical perspective

BIM and the small construction firm: a critical perspective

Critical Success Factors for Implementing Business Intelligence Systems in Small and Medium Enterprises on the Example of Upper Silesia, Poland

Media entrepreneurship: a consensual definition

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