Frontier Information Technology and Systems Research in Cooperative Economics

Abstract

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Operations in the Cotton Chain: A Study at Agro-industrial Cooperative Holambra II and the Paulista Association of Cotton Producers (PACP)

“…In mid-2020, the Cooperative implemented changes in its organizational structure and governance, aiming at long-term sustainable growth, efficiency gains in the decision-making process (Alves, Ferreira, & Araújo, 2019;Fedorova & Valiev, 2021), and enhancement of the corporation's competitive advantages (Lazzarini et al, 2001). Figure 2 presents the current corporate structure of Cooperative Holambra II.…”

“…Figure 1 presents the institution's organization chart according to the information on its website. It is understood that this configuration represented an increase in managerial flexibility and improvement in the capacity to control the results in each Cooperative business, with a focus on increasing efficiency in the decision-making process (Alves, Ferreira, & Araújo, 2019; Fedorova & Valiev, 2021). Zylbersztajn (1994) adds that the producer-cooperative was stimulated to increase his participation in the strategic decision-making process and his interest in controlling the managers of the units in which he has investments.…”

Development and Validation of Two Domain-Specific Information Privacy Competency Models

“…In the Information Systems (IS) literature majority of competency models refer to professionals.Bogoviz et al [25] propose a competency model for information technology specialists which includes both professional competencies, such as analytical thinking or technical expertise and personal competencies, such as stress resistance or learning ability. Klendauer et al [26] introduce a competency model for software requirements analysts which comprise sixteen competencies that are crucial for an effective system analyst, such as "close interaction" or "communication with customers".Moustroufas et al [27] introduce a competency model for software engineers which includes three main clusters of competencies; professional, social and innovative competences.…”