Journal articles: 'Information technology Contracting out'

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Willcocks, Leslie R., and Wendy L. Currie. "Contracting Out Information Technology in Public Sector Contexts: Research and Critique." Journal of Management & Organization 3, no. 2 (March 1997): 34–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200005897.

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AbstractThe growing trend towards IT outsourcing within the United Kingdom (UK) public sector is analysed. Factors influencing the degree of success experienced in a range of IT outsourcing deals are detailed, and then used as a framework for analysing and discussing two case histories — of selective and large-scale IT outsourcing — drawn from different parts of the public sector. Both examples demonstrate how distinctive public sector contexts influence the direction and degree of outsourcing. At the same time, they highlight a range of managerial and organisational issues raised by moves towards contractual, core competence forms of organising. Selective outsourcing is revealed as effective provided key decisions and actions are taken. The large-scale outsourcing case raises a number of critical issues not just for how it can be conducted in public sector contexts, but also about the efficacy of such arrangements in terms of cost savings, possible over-dependence on a few suppliers, and ability to respond flexibly to changing political requirements and legislation.

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Willcocks, Leslie R., and Wendy L. Currie. "Contracting Out Information Technology in Public Sector Contexts: Research and Critique." Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 3, no. 2 (March 1997): 34–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.1997.3.2.34.

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AbstractThe growing trend towards IT outsourcing within the United Kingdom (UK) public sector is analysed. Factors influencing the degree of success experienced in a range of IT outsourcing deals are detailed, and then used as a framework for analysing and discussing two case histories — of selective and large-scale IT outsourcing — drawn from different parts of the public sector. Both examples demonstrate how distinctive public sector contexts influence the direction and degree of outsourcing. At the same time, they highlight a range of managerial and organisational issues raised by moves towards contractual, core competence forms of organising. Selective outsourcing is revealed as effective provided key decisions and actions are taken. The large-scale outsourcing case raises a number of critical issues not just for how it can be conducted in public sector contexts, but also about the efficacy of such arrangements in terms of cost savings, possible over-dependence on a few suppliers, and ability to respond flexibly to changing political requirements and legislation.

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Globerman, Steven, and Aidan R. Vining. "A Framework for Evaluating the Government Contracting-Out Decision with an Application to Information Technology." Public Administration Review 56, no. 6 (November 1996): 577. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/977256.

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Khosrowpour, Mehdi, Girish H. Subramanian, John Gunderman, and Al Aber. "Managing Information Technology With Outsourcing: An Assessment Of Employee Perceptions." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 12, no. 3 (September 12, 2011): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v12i3.5815.

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<span>Outsourcing is the contracting out of all or part of a companys information systems functions to outside parties. This research provides preliminary findings on the perceptions of IS (Information Systems) professionals on outsourcing. The findings of this study indicate that in order to effectively deal with the human aspects of outsourcing, management must understand what perceptions exist within the employee ranks and develop a plan which addresses employee needs and perceptions. Such a management action plan is presented in this paper.</span>

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Klijn, Erik-Hans. "Governing Networks in the Hollow State: Contracting out, process management or a combination of the two?" Public Management Review 4, no. 2 (January 2002): 149–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616670210130516.

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Dermaku, Kastriot, Ardian Emini, Ilir Gashi, and Xhemshit Shala. "Financial and Legal Obligations that appear from Internet Traffic - Technology of Information and Communication Kosovo Case." International Journal of Management Excellence 12, no. 3 (April 30, 2019): 1841–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.17722/ijme.v12i3.1074.

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In this case study we have presented the comparison of the calls made by the clients to the telephone operator Y and the calls which have been transferred to the company responsible for the quiz through telephone calls. During this analysis we gathered calls from the Composite Call Data Record (CDR), the CDR partition is divided in two part, the CDR Originating part and the part of the CDR transit part.The part of the CDR Originating are as the showed following: Calling Party Number, Called Party Number, Date Fort Start Of Charge, Time For Start Of Charge, Time For Stop Of Charge and Chargeable Duration. The part of the CDR Transit part contains completely the same data that must be identical because it is the same call that additionally contains other information such as the name of the incoming route from which the call and outbound route or where the call came from is addressed by identifying its name. The data has been decoded by the hexadecimal system in the decade system to compare the numbers of calls, duration calls and time of calls. From the analysis that is done in this case study has come out there is a difference from the number of calls as well the duration of the calls that have been on the part of the customers to the operator Y and the calls directed by the operator Y in the contracting company X

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Arumugam, N., M. A. Fatimah, E. F. C. Eddie FC Chiew, and M. Zainalabidin. "Supply chain analysis of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV): Prospects of contract farming." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 56, No. 9 (September 21, 2010): 435–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/30/2009-agricecon.

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The paper examines the factors that lead farmers to participate in c the contract farming in the Peninsular Malaysia. The primary data was collected through a survey using a questionnaire on the total of two hundred and eight farmers from various states in Malaysia. The study utilizes the stratified sampling method. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The survey identified forty-one contract farmers. Factor analysis was carried out to identify the factors that lead farmers to participate in the contract farming. Based on the analysis, five factors were identified as the reasons for contracting, namely, market stability, and access to marketing information and technology, transfer of technology to improve farming practices, access to inputs and indirect benefit. Contract farming or contract arrangements can be a valuable source of an additional income and knowledge that can be employed to enhance the productivity of the entire farming enterprise.

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Hodges, Alan W., Charles R. Hall, Bridget K. Behe, and Jennifer H. Dennis. "Regional Analysis of Production Practices and Technology Use in the U.S. Nursery Industry." HortScience 43, no. 6 (October 2008): 1807–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.43.6.1807.

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The National Nursery Survey has been conducted four times at 5-year intervals (1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003) by a multistate research committee on economics and marketing to help fill the void of publicly available information on management characteristics of the nursery industry. For the first time in 2003, the National Nursery Survey was conducted using a standard sampling methodology with 15,588 total firms representing 44 states. The objective of this study was to provide a regional analysis of nursery production practices, because production practices and technology use may differ across regions in response to varying economic and environmental conditions. From analysis of the 2485 returned surveys, firms in the northern and interior regions of the country with more seasonal activity made greater use of temporary labor. Containerized growing systems were the predominant system throughout the United States; however, firms in the Southeast, South Central, and Pacific coast regions used this system to a greater degree, whereas firms in other regions also commonly used bare root and balled and burlapped systems. Nurseries in the Southeast region, with a warmer climate, used Integrated Pest Management practices more prevalently. Most regions had a significant share of total production from native American plants, approaching or exceeding 20% of total sales, except the Pacific region. In some regions, forward-contracting accounted for a significantly higher share of total sales, perhaps indicating greater aversion to market risk. The Mountain region stood out for its high level of adoption of computer technologies for production, marketing, and management. Data on water use and irrigation technology did not indicate any clear pattern with respect to regional differences in relation to water scarcity.

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Hariyati, Rr Tutik Sri, Krisna Yetti Malawat, and Kartika Mawar Sari. "Nursing managers' strategies for reducing interpersonal and interprofessional conflicts in the Covid-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Nursing and Health Services (IJNHS) 3, no. 6 (December 22, 2020): 716–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.35654/ijnhs.v3i6.403.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge for all parties and needs a fast, precise and integrated response. Nurses as the frontline are the people most at risk of contracting this disease. Changes in all aspects require that nurses can collaborate with other interprofessional teams and makes nurses vulnerable to pressure and stress that can lead to conflict. The role of nursing managers in creating a conducive work atmosphere and preventing interprofessional conflicts is needed. This study used literature reviews through the ScienceDirect online database, SAGE journals, Wiley Online Library and other sources, which aims to analyze the strategy of nurse managers in preventing interprofessional conflicts in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that providing education on the control and prevention of COVID-19 infection, supervision, improving effective communication through information technology, optimizing workflows, improving nursing standards, providing support and implementing crisis management are strategies that can be used by nurse managers. Assertiveness can be used as conflict management to prevent interprofessional conflicts in the pandemic era. Each profession can communicate positively with other interprofessional teams, accept each other and carry out professional responsibility and making decisions about COVID-19 patients.

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Kvasha, T. K., O. F. Paladchenko, and I. V. Molchanova. "Activities of higher education institutions in the technology transfer." Science, technologies, innovation, no. 1(13) (2020): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.35668/2520-6524-2020-1-07.

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The article is devoted to the transfer of technologies created in the framework of research and development by the higher education institutions (HEIs), which are subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, as one of the key components of innovation activity. The purpose of the article is to evaluate the results of HEIs activities in the field of technology transfer, to identify the main problems and the most effective ways to solve them. The work was carried out within the framework of innovative legislation by a monitoring method conducted based on the information of the main spending units of the budget for the transfer of technologies created by the budget, which are subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science. The results of the study are presented, and it shows the next: in 2018, HEIs, which subordinates to MESU, transferred 969 technologies, of which almost all (93.2%) were given to industrial enterprises. Compared to 2017, the number of transferred technologies has overall decreased, but only in the domestic market. Moreover, the volumes of technology transfer revenues have increased both in the domestic and foreign markets due to the increased competitiveness of the transferred technologies, especially in the external market, where with the small increase in the number of the technologies transferred there was a significant increase in the amount of technology transfer revenues. By type of transfer, “know-how”, agreements for the acquisition (transfer) of technology” were preferred, both in the domestic and foreign markets. For the period 2016–2018, the dynamics of received technology transfer revenues is positive. In 2016, the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute” was the leader in the sphere of technology transfer, and in 2017 and 2018 — the Sumy State University. The main problem is that the transmitted technologies were created only at the expense of enterprises and contracting entities for the direct introduction and development of innovative activity of enterprises, which does not contribute to the expansion of the number of HEIs in the field of technology transfer. In order to solve the problem and activate innovative development, it is proposed to provide state financial support for innovation activity in the HEIs, in particular through innovative programs, government procurement and individual innovation projects, as provided by the Law on Innovation.

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Jacquemin, Hervé. "Consumers contracting with other consumers in the sharing economy: fill in the gaps in the legal framework or switch to the blockchain model?" IDP Revista de Internet Derecho y Política, no. 28 (February 17, 2019): 44–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.7238/idp.v0i28.3179.

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Numerous legal provisions were enacted at an EU level in order to protect consumers contracting with professionals, especially in a digital environment (see, in particular, the protection measures provided by directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights; directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices; directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, etc.). With the development of the web 2.0 and the so-called “sharing economy”, consumers are now entitled to easily conclude agreements with other consumers through intermediation platforms. EU Consumer Acquis shall normally be applicable to the relationship between the platform and each of the peers (the seller or the provider on one hand, and the buyer or the recipient on the other hand), with the exclusion of C2C relationships. The objective of this paper is to highlight the potential issues and gaps in the context of consumer protection (lack of information, warranty issues, no right of withdrawal, etc.), resulting from the fact that C2C agreements are normally out of scope of the EU Consumer Acquis (and only governed by the traditional contract law). Some propositions de lege ferenda will also be made, in order to ensure a higher level of consumer protection (with additional legal duties prescribed for the intermediaries, for instance). Blockchain technology and smart contracts shall also be taken into account, since they should normally give rise to a “disintermediation” process. It should however be assessed whether or not consumer protection will benefit from this disintermediation.

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Wahyuningtyas, Sih Yuliana. "Self-regulation of online platform and competition policy challenges: A case study on Go-Jek." Competition and Regulation in Network Industries 20, no. 1 (March 2019): 33–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1783591719834864.

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The growth of the digital market has challenged competition policy in terms of how innovation should be considered. This article deals with the current market development in Indonesia as a showcase for how innovation responds to market demand faster than state regulations. The study focuses on Go-Jek, a technology company that offers a wide range of online services, including transportation, delivery, and mobile payment, by bringing together consumers and service providers; hence, Go-Jek plays a role as an intermediary and at the same time also as an infomediary that collects information from users and shares it with its users. While policy makers and regulators struggle to find the most workable policies and regulations, markets take initiatives to regulate themselves to protect the interests of the contracting parties. Questions remain about the extent to which party interests are balanced out and how self-regulation could meet established public policy. The analysis in this article considers Indonesian competition authority (KPPU) Regulation No. 4. In the European Union (EU), the desire to advocate self-regulation has been emphasized in the EU Agenda on Better Regulation in 2015 by considering “well-designed non-regulatory means” in the policy for better regulation. Taking a lesson from the EU, this article discusses three key issues. First, how and to what extent does self-regulation of online platforms govern transactions being made on the platform. Second, what challenges do self-regulation of online platforms pose to competition. Third, which policies could the government make to deal with the self-regulation of online platforms.

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Furtado, Lorena, Tatiane Antonovz, Blenio Peixe, and Michael Correa. "The role of the audit in the prevention and detection of corruption events: Evidence of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games." Intangible Capital 16, no. 1 (July 10, 2020): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3926/ic.1360.

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Purpose: The aim of this research is to analyze the actions related to evidences of corruption practices in the light of the Public Choice Theory, from the opportunism point of view. As a focus of investigated policy, the study was focused to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games held in Brazil.Design/methodology/approach: The analyzed data were the audit reports issued by the Comptroller General of Brazil (CGU) and the news published by The Guardian and Le Monde, both from 2009 to 2016. This information passed through content analysis and the software was the Nvivo.Findings: Regarding the audit reports, from 41 units, 17 presented inconsistencies about the bidding process or execution after such procedure, and in some cases concomitantly, that indicates corruption practices. Changing to the news, 34 from a sample of 38 units were analyzed.Research limitations/implications: Notes related to non-opening of contracting processes, exemptions from bidding, use of invitation letter in an inappropriate manner, lack of competition among companies in the market, subcontracting of companies by contracted ones, which disqualified the bidding process, favoritism among other irregularities pointed out for possible corruption practices.Originality/value: These documents presented actions related to bribes, illegalities in bidding processes and investigations related to politics in Brazil, corroborating the Public Choice Theory regarding opportunistic practices of managers in the primacy for one policy over others.

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Afolabi, Adedeji, Eziyi Ibem, Egidario Aduwo, Patience Tunji-Olayeni, and Olufunke Oluwunmi. "Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for e-Procurement Adoption in the Nigerian Construction Industry." Buildings 9, no. 2 (February 18, 2019): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020047.

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Previous research works on the integration of e-Procurement technologies in the construction process in Nigeria showed that it has been slow and low. However, there are few empirical studies on the duration for which it has permeated the construction industry, the actual proponents and the metrics that can engender successful integration of e-Procurement technologies, applications, and tools in the construction procurement process, especially in a developing country like Nigeria. The study was aimed at evaluating the critical success factors (CSFs) for e-Procurement adoption in the Nigerian construction industry. The study was carried out in the six geo-political zones in Nigeria using a survey research design. Construction stakeholders were selected using purposive and random sampling techniques. A total of 1092 questionnaires were retrieved in this study, but the data of 759 actual users of e-Procurement systems were analyzed in this study using descriptive statistics and principal component analysis (PCA). An assessment of the duration users have been participating in the e-Procurement environment revealed that most Quantity Surveyors have been exposed to the use of e-Procurement technologies for over 10 years. A large proportion of the construction stakeholders picked up the use of the technology within the last 5 years. Further analysis showed that contracting firms have the largest participation in the use of e-Procurement systems. The study also revealed that construction stakeholders perceived the availability of reliable, affordable, and fast Internet services as the most critical success factor for the adoption of e-Procurement technologies. The critical success factors (CSFs) were further classified into management support for physical infrastructure, and human factors and characteristics of the technology. The study showed that these critical success factors (CSFs) are crucial for the adoption of e-Procurement systems in the Nigerian construction industry. The study recommended that there is still a need for increased awareness of the e-Procurement tools and technologies and the benefits that are accrued from their use among public sector construction participants. This will in turn influence the provision of the required information and communication technology (ICT) physical infrastructure and formulation of appropriate policies and standards for successful e-Procurement integration in the Nigerian construction industry.

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Prado, Edmir P. V., Cesar Alexandre de Souza, Hiroo Takaoka, and Nicolau Reinhard. "Contracting Outsourced Information Technology Services in Brazil." Journal of Global Information Technology Management 12, no. 4 (October 2009): 52–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1097198x.2009.10856503.

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Dalpέ, Robert, and Frances Anderson. "Contracting Out of Science and Technology Services." Administration & Society 28, no. 4 (February 1997): 489–510. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009539979702800404.

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Woong, Natalie Liling, Victoria Sze Min Ekstrom, Xiaohui Xin, Crystal Lim, Evelyn Swee Kim Boon, Shaun Wei Jie Teo, Patrick Chee Sang Ng, et al. "Empower to connect and connect to empower: experience in using a humanistic approach to improve patients’ access to, and experience of, care in isolation wards during the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore." BMJ Open Quality 10, no. 1 (January 2021): e000996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-000996.

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Patients admitted to the isolation ward during the COVID-19 outbreak face multiple psychosocial stressors including the disruptive experience of being in quarantine, anxiety over contracting a newly emerging infectious disease and limited access to their healthcare team. This quality improvement project aims to leverage on technology to improve patients’ access to, and experience of, care while in isolation.Patients admitted to two isolation wards in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) between 28 February and 19 March 2020 were each provided an iPad loaded with the MyCare application (app), curated materials and mobile games. During this period, 83 of them accessed the device and the app. MyCare app is an app developed by the nursing team in SGH as part of an existing interprofessional collaboration to help patients navigate their care during their inpatient stay. In response to COVID-19, MyCare app was supplemented with materials to address affected patients’ informational and psychosocial needs. These materials included an information sheet on COVID-19, interviews with previous severe acute respiratory syndrome survivors, psychosocial support materials, and uplifting literature, illustrated storybooks and artwork.This paper describes the process of planning for, and executing, the intervention and reports the initial results of its effect. Initial feedback indicated a positive response to the intervention. 9 out of 10 respondents (90%) rated their hospital experience with a maximum of five stars and all 10 respondents (100%) rated the psychosocial support materials with five stars. Doctors managing the patients also observed a reduction in the number of commonly asked questions following the deployment of the iPad.This quality improvement project is ongoing with plans for further research to determine how to better support the psychosocial needs of patients in isolation during a novel disease outbreak. This report is written based on the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence guidelines.

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LEVI, MOTI, PAUL R. KLEINDORFER, and D. J. WU. "Codifiability, Relationship-Specific Information Technology Investment, and Optimal Contracting." Journal of Management Information Systems 20, no. 2 (October 2003): 77–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2003.11045762.

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Kim, Jeong-Bon, Byron Y. Song, and Theophanis C. Stratopoulos. "Does Information Technology Reputation Affect Bank Loan Terms?" Accounting Review 93, no. 3 (October 1, 2017): 185–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr-51927.

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ABSTRACT This study investigates whether Information Technology (IT) reputation, captured by the accumulation of consistent IT capability signals, influences bank loan contracting even though banks have access to inside information. We predict that IT reputation is associated with better loan terms because it lowers credit risk via its impact on default and information risks. Results based on 4,218 loan facility-years reveal, as predicted, that firms with a reputation for IT capability tend to have more favorable price and non-price terms for loan contracts and are less likely to have their credit rating downgraded or to report internal control weaknesses than firms with no IT reputation. The study contributes to the banking and IT business value literature by showing that banks incorporate borrowers' nonfinancial characteristics, such as IT reputation, into loan contracting terms. JEL Classifications: G21; G32; M41; O32. Data Availability: All data are available from sources identified in the study.

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Snir, Eli M., and Lorin M. Hitt. "Vendor Screening in Information Technology Contracting With a Pilot Project." Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce 14, no. 1 (February 2004): 61–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327744joce1401_4.

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SUBRAMANYAM, RAMANATH, and ANJANA SUSARLA. "CONTRACTING, INCENTIVES AND INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING." Academy of Management Proceedings 2007, no. 1 (August 2007): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2007.26508224.

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Rui, Yi, Nicholas de Battista, Cedric Kechavarzi, Xiaomin Xu, and Mei Yin. "Distributed fiber optic monitoring of a CFA pile with a central reinforcement bar bundle." Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 15, no. 1 (February 2021): 167–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11709-020-0581-z.

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AbstractIn this paper, we present an application of distributed fiber optic sensor (DFOS) technology to measure the strain of a continuous flight auger (CFA) test pile with a central reinforcement bar bundle, during a static load test carried out in London. Being distributed in nature, DFOS gives much more information about the pile performance as compared to traditional point sensors, such as identifying cross-sectional irregularities or other anomalies. The strain profiles recorded along the depth of the piles from the DFOS were used to calculate pile deformation (contraction), shaft friction, and tip resistance under various loads. Based on this pile load test, a finite element (FE) analysis was performed using a one-dimensional nonlinear load-transfer model. Calibrated by the shaft friction and tip resistance derived from the monitored data, the FE model was able to simulate the pile and soil performance during the load testing with good accuracy. The effect of the reinforcement cage and central reinforcement bar bundle were investigated, and it was found that the addition of a reinforcement cage would reduce the pile settlement by up to 20%.

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Sleeter, Ellen. "Managing the economics of owning, leasing and contracting out information services." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 45, no. 3 (April 1994): 218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199404)45:3<218::aid-asi11>3.0.co;2-v.

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Buckland, Michael. "Managing the Economics of Owning, Leasing and Contracting Out Information Services." Information Processing & Management 31, no. 1 (January 1995): 155–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(95)80029-s.

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Shill, Harold B. "Managing the economics of owning, leasing and contracting out information services." Journal of Academic Librarianship 21, no. 4 (July 1995): 318–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333(95)90021-7.

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Yates-Mercer, Penelope. "Managing the economics of owning, leasing and contracting out information services." International Journal of Information Management 13, no. 6 (December 1993): 469–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0268-4012(93)90066-d.

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Wiguna, I. Kadek Arta, and Komang Agus Ariana. "Rancangan Model Digitalisasi Pasar Tradisional Pasar Rare Angon Di Desa Gunaksa." Jurdimas (Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat) Royal 4, no. 3 (September 6, 2021): 257–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.33330/jurdimas.v4i3.1074.

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Abstract: The increasing cases of covid-19 have an impact on the economy in Indonesia, especially on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). local communities who during this pandemic experienced a decline in income. Shoppers are starting to rarely come to the market and shop in person because of their fear of contracting Covid-19 and avoiding crowds that have been advised by the government. The digitalization of traditional people's markets is needed to improve the economy and reduce the spread of the covid-19 virus. The results of interviews with traders show the lack of sales at Rare Angon Market because few people know about the market. the method used by distributing questionnaires to find out in detail the existing problems. From these problems, a solution is needed to bridge between traders and buyers, this solution is in the form of digitizing the Rare Angon market by developing an application called "Rare Angon App" where the application is used for buying and selling interactions by traders and buyers. So that sales in the Rare Angon market can increase.Keywords: E-commerce; traditional market; information technology Abstrak: Meningkatnya kasus covid-19 berdampak pada perekonomian di Indonesia terutama pada usaha mikro kecil meneengah (UMKM) hal ini dapat dilihat dari pasar-pasar rakyat di Bali yaitu Pasar Rare Angon yang berlokasi di desa Gunaksa, kecamatan Dawan kabupaten Klungkung dengan mayoritas pedangannya adalah warga didaerah setempat yang dimasa pandemi ini mengalami penurunan pendapatan. Para pembeli mulai jarang datang ke pasar dan berlanja secara langsung karena ketakutan mereka tertular covid-19 dan menghindari kerumunan yang sudah dihimbau oleh pemerintah. Diperlukannya digitalisasi pasar rakyat yang bersifat tradisional untuk meningkatkan perekonomian dan mengurangi penyebaran virus covid-19. Hasil wawancara dengan pedagang menunjukkan minimnya penjualan di Pasar Rare Angon karena masih sedikit masyarakat yang tau pasar tersebut. metode yang digunakan dengan penyebaran kuesioner untuk mengetahui secara detail permasalahan yang ada. Dari permasalahan tersebut diperlukannya solusi untuk untuk menjembatanni antara pedagang dan pembeli, solusi ini berupa digitalisasi pasar Rare Angon ini dengan membuatkan aplikasi yang diberi nama “Rare Angon App” dimana aplikasi tersebut digunakan untuk interakasi jual beli oleh pedagang dan pembeli. Sehingga penjualan dipasar Rare Angon bisa mengalami peningkatan.Kata kunci: E-commerce; pasar tradisional; teknologi informasi

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Dequiedt, Vianney, and David Martimort. "Vertical Contracting with Informational Opportunism." American Economic Review 105, no. 7 (July 1, 2015): 2141–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20121640.

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We consider vertical contracting arrangements between a manufacturer and a retailing network when retailers have private information and the organization is run through bilateral contracts. We highlight a new form of informational opportunism arising when the manufacturer manipulates information learned separately in each relationship. We characterize the set of allocations robust to such opportunism by means of simple ex post incentive compatibility constraints. Those constraints limit the manufacturer's ability to use yardstick competition among retailers. They simplify contracts and restore a rent/efficiency trade-off even with correlated information. We show that sell-out contracts are optimal under a wide range of circumstances. (JEL D21, D86, L14, L60, L81)

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Oliver, H. "Email and Internet Monitoring in the Workplace: Information Privacy and Contracting-Out." Industrial Law Journal 31, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 321–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ilj/31.4.321.

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LIEBERMAN, MYRON. "MARKET SOLUTIONS TO THE EDUCATION CRISIS: VOUCHERS, TECHNOLOGY, CONTRACTING OUT INSTRUCTION." Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector 16, no. 2 (June 1, 1987): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/dyuk-t18b-xtj1-284g.

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Martin, Thomas R., Hamlet Gasoyan, and David J. Wierz. "Error by omission: A lack of integration across implementation and use in structuring health information technology contracts." Health Informatics Journal 26, no. 3 (January 23, 2020): 2202–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460458219898095.

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Limited work identifies best practices to assess functional electronic health record system performance when contracting for health information technology and information technology–related services. Without a set of best practices or specific contracting provisions to assess the performance of electronic health record systems, healthcare providers will not be able to fully leverage the performance of these systems to reduce the cost of care and improve patient outcomes. This work seeks to provide operational considerations and best practices when forming teams to negotiate health information technology system specifications in contracts. To better understand the contracting and performance assessment process, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of eligible healthcare personnel. Our study highlights a potential disconnect between respondents setting contract structure, knowledge of ongoing functional performance assessments in practice, and the relationship to those with direct system involvement to avoid potential legal risk.

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Vipriyanti, Nyoman Utari, Dewa Ayu Puspawati, Putu Lasmi Yulianthi Sapanca, and Made Emy Handayani Citra. "Model Penguatan Subak di Era New Normal: Analisis Peran Collective Action pada Penerapan Sistem Terintegrasi Itik Padi di Tabanan-Bali." Jurnal Ilmiah Membangun Desa dan Pertanian 5, no. 5 (October 31, 2020): 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.37149/jimdp.v5i5.14166.

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The Covid 19 pandemic has brought significant changes to the economy of Bali as a domestic and foreign tourist destination. The tourism sector, as the main contributor to the largest contributor to Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), experienced a contraction, which had an impact on other sectors. One of the sectors affected in the agricultural sector, especially the marketing of food products. In the new normal era in Bali, it is necessary to strengthen the rural economy through the application of technology but the process of implementing these innovations is not always successful. The success of collective action is determined by the rational boundaries of society. The rational boundaries of society can be expanded by the presence of symmetrical information. The research objective was to analyze the role of collective action on the application of the Integrated System of Rice Ducks as an effort to increase farmers' income. This research is a case study in Subak Lanyah, Tabanan Sub District, Tabanan-Bali District. Primary data were collected through direct observation and questionnaires while secondary data were collected through literature studies. Analysis of the role of collective action in the application of the integrated system of rice ducks (STIP) was carried out statistically descriptive of farm costs and farmer income. The results showed that the STIP innovation as an effort to increase farmers' income was successfully implemented through Collective action. The collective action mechanism plays a role in strengthening social capital which encourages the application of STIP technology so that the income of Subak member farmers in Subak Lanyah, Tabanan-Bali increases. The success in implementing STIP technology is done by building a process of communication, trust, and networks of farmers with the government, private sector, and universities.of communication, trust, and networks of farmers with the government, private sector, and universities.

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Susarla, Anjana, and Anitesh Barua. "Contracting Efficiency and New Firm Survival in Markets Enabled by Information Technology." Information Systems Research 22, no. 2 (June 2011): 306–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/isre.1090.0251.

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Çakanyıldırım, Metin, Qi Feng, Xianghua Gan, and Suresh P. Sethi. "Contracting and Coordination under Asymmetric Production Cost Information." Production and Operations Management 21, no. 2 (October 4, 2011): 345–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01258.x.

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Li, Shihong. "SOX 404 and debt contracting value of accounting information." International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 26, no. 3 (August 6, 2018): 384–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijaim-03-2017-0042.

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether the Section 404 of Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX 404) changed the way banks use accounting information to price corporate loans. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a sample of 1,173 US-listed firms that issued syndicated loans both before and after their compliance with SOX 404 to analyze the changes in loan spread’s sensitivity to some key accounting metrics such as ROA, interest coverage, leverage and net worth. Findings The study finds that the interest spread’s sensitivity to key accounting metrics, most noticeably for ROA, declined following the borrower’s compliance with the requirements of SOX 404. The decline was not explainable by borrowers that disclosed internal control weaknesses but concentrated among borrowers suspected of real earnings management (REM). Originality/value By examining the effects of SOX 404 on banks’ pricing process, this study augments the literature on SOX’s economic consequences. The findings suggest that lenders perceive little new information from SOX 404 disclosures of internal control deficiencies and are cautious about the accounting information provided by REM borrowers. It also extends the research on the use of accounting information in debt contracting. By examining loan interest’s sensitivity to accounting metrics, it broadens the concept of debt contracting value of accounting information to include accounting’s usefulness for assessing credit risk at loan inception.

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Camarillo-Ramos, Mario A., Roberto L. Avitia, Marco A. Reyna-Carranza, and Conrado García-González. "Electrostimulators and Muscle Fatigue: A Patent Review." Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering 14, no. 3 (August 9, 2021): 264–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2212797614666210129145924.

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Background: This work presents a review of international patents dealing with the measurement of the induced fatigue of electrical stimulators. Sometimes muscles cannot move or have limited movement because of an injury such as Spinal Cord Injury and are in need of therapy. A complement of such therapy is Electrical Stimulation. A device sends electrical pulses to the muscle in order to generate contractions. Such contractions also fatigue the muscle and can be detrimental if muscle fatigue is not considered as a measurable variable in such devices. The scientific community has made progress regarding this issue however, the literature lacks a review of international patents. Since patents are in the forefront of technological innovation, the current status of the international patents dealing with the measurement of induced muscle fatigue of these devices is addressed. Objective: Identify data related to international patents involving Electrostimulators and their use for reducing muscle fatigue. Methods: A search for international patents was conducted to evaluate Electrostimulators capable of measuring induced fatigue. Specialized databases for patents were consulted using the term “Electrostimulator” associated with “Muscle Fatigue”. Such databases are Patentscope (WIPO), USPTO, Google Patents and Espacenet. Results: A total of 245 international patents were found, of which 31 met the inclusion criteria. Out of the 31 patents, 15 were granted to a University, 13 to companies and 3 to individuals. Conclusion: Almost all the patents granted to a University have detailed information on how to reproduce them and can be used to develop new technology to address the issue with the induced muscle fatigue that electrical stimulation produces during therapy. Patents filed by companies have ambiguous details on how to reproduce them but some have information that in conjunction with the ones granted to universities, can be complemented. Patents in this area are scarce, which present an opportunity for organizations and individuals alike to further the knowledge in this area.

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Yost, Jeffrey A., and W. Ken Harmon. "Contracting for Information System Outsourcing with Multiple Bidders." Journal of Information Systems 16, no. 1 (March 1, 2002): 49–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/jis.2002.16.1.49.

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Outsourcing of information systems (IS) is becoming an increasingly popular phenomenon. However, most problems that arise in outsourcing arrangements can be traced to the contract between the company and the IS vendor. Of particular concern are the types of information available for contracting and the observability of that information. This paper examines the form of such outsourcing contracts by casting the problem in a principalagent setting using the theory of mechanism design. The analysis we provide helps to (1) define the optimal contract for IS outsourcing, (2) understand the effect of unobservability on the form of the contract, and (3) examine the effect of multiple bidders. In summary, our analysis finds support for the growing trend toward equity-based contracts and partnership agreements in outsourcing relationships.

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Lin, Horn-chern, and Tao Zeng. "Information asymmetry and incentive contracting with the tax department." Review of Accounting and Finance 16, no. 3 (August 14, 2017): 385–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/raf-04-2016-0063.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the design of optimal incentives for a firm’s tax department in the presence of information asymmetry. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a theoretical model to examine the design of optimal incentives. The focus is on a situation in which a risk-averse tax department has private information about its efficiency type or effort to be exerted before the firm sets the incentive schemes. Findings This paper shows that a tax department’s risk aversion leads to a decline in the fraction of the cost borne by the tax department. It also shows that the optimal contract schemes should be designed to filter out as much uncontrollable risk as possible by using third-party information relevant to a tax department’s realized cost. Social implications It contributes to a better understanding of the impact of corporate incentive plans on firms’ tax practices. This study, by designing a theoretical model, helps explain why there exist differences in tax planning across firms based on the finding that incentives for tax planning activities differ across firms. Originality/value This paper is the first study that considers the situation in which tax managers’ risk-averse and types, as well as relevant information collected by the firms, can be used to set up incentive schemes and investigates whether and how the incentive schemes will be affected when firms improve their prior information by acquiring relevant information before the tax department acts.

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Wisniewski, Stanley C. "A Framework for considering the Contracting Out of Government Services." Public Personnel Management 21, no. 1 (March 1992): 101–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102609202100109.

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This article analyzes the contracting out decision. It assumes that the decision to assign responsibility to local government for providing a particular service to the public has already been made, and that a rationale for making that decision has been articulated, usually in the form of a legislative mandate. Therefore, the issue that remains for local government is how best to effectuate this mandate. This article offers a critical evaluation of various approaches to analyzing the contracting out decision and provides a comprehensive framework for undertaking such analyses. Adherence to the framework requires an ambiguous, comprehensive statement of service goals followed by an economic cost-benefit evaluation that takes into account all direct costs, as well as indirect costs and social costs, in order to properly ascertain whether there is any advantage to contracting out as compared to performing the work in-house.

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Li, Guo, Mengqi Liu, Yiwen Bian, and Suresh P. Sethi. "Guarding against Disruption Risk by Contracting under Information Asymmetry." Decision Sciences 51, no. 6 (April 20, 2020): 1521–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/deci.12437.

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Velicia-Martin, Felix, Juan-Pedro Cabrera-Sanchez, Eloy Gil-Cordero, and Pedro R. Palos-Sanchez. "Researching COVID-19 tracing app acceptance: incorporating theory from the technological acceptance model." PeerJ Computer Science 7 (January 4, 2021): e316. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.316.

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Background The expansion of the coronavirus pandemic and the extraordinary confinement measures imposed by governments have caused an unprecedented intense and rapid contraction of the global economy. In order to revive the economy, people must be able to move safely, which means that governments must be able to quickly detect positive cases and track their potential contacts. Different alternatives have been suggested for carrying out this tracking process, one of which uses a mobile APP which has already been shown to be an effective method in some countries. Objective Use an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) model to investigate whether citizens would be willing to accept and adopt a mobile application that indicates if they have been in contact with people infected with COVID-19. Research Methodology: A survey method was used and the information from 482 of these questionnaires was analyzed using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling. Results The results show that the Intention to Use this app would be determined by the Perceived Utility of the app and that any user apprehension about possible loss of privacy would not be a significant handicap. When having to choose between health and privacy, users choose health. Conclusions This study shows that the extended TAM model which was used has a high explanatory power. Users believe that the APP is useful (especially users who studied in higher education), that it is easy to use, and that it is not a cause of concern for privacy. The highest acceptance of the app is found in over 35 years old’s, which is the group that is most aware of the possibility of being affected by COVID-19. The information is unbelievably valuable for developers and governments as users would be willing to use the APP.

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Misler, Dennis I. "Management Development and More: Contracting Out Makes it Possible." Public Personnel Management 15, no. 4 (December 1986): 389–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102608601500407.

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Training offices often have to decide whether to develop and present training with in-house staff or contract out. In the Montgomery County (Maryland) Government, a policy of belt tightening created the need for more effective management development, and cut backs in the staff of the Training Unit made it necessary to contract out for training. The resulting success of the Management Development Program has spawned other training program opportunities, all of which have been made possible by the effective use of contractors.

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Mayer, Kyle J., and Jack A. Nickerson. "Antecedents and Performance Implications of Contracting for Knowledge Workers: Evidence from Information Technology Services." Organization Science 16, no. 3 (June 2005): 225–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1050.0125.

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Wang, Chingning. "Strategic Information Technology Compensation." Journal of Global Information Management 27, no. 4 (October 2019): 16–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2019100102.

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The 2008 financial crisis has made many high-tech firms vulnerable. Some non-American firms (e.g. in Taiwan) have even granted their IT professionals a “no-pay break” to reduce firms' financial uncertainty. The crisis leads to a need to re-examine managerial compensation thinking from a cross-cultural perspective. Drawing on cross-cultural case studies in Taiwan, a collectivist culture, and in the United States, an individualist culture, this research explores managerial thinking on how to align strategic IT compensation with personnel's immigrant status and IT sourcing strategies in different industrial and national/cultural contexts. It also explores how firms utilize nonmonetary compensation in different cultures. Compensation for IT professionals in Taiwan are reportedly to be more uniform because of the feature of collectivist culture. Compensation for IT professionals in the United States are reportedly more fluid thanks to a frontier culture and individualism. Therefore, negotiable competitive pay is emphasized. Both Taiwan and the US have suffered from wage stagnation for decades. In Taiwan, this stagnation may be related to a depreciation of higher degrees since the number of university graduates has been increased fivefold in two decades and IT related degrees have been amidst popular majors which lead to oversupply in IT workforce. In the US, this stagnation may be related to economic recession and reduced IT investment/full-time positions, dropping IT enrollment, IT skill/education-job mismatch, and increased reliance on IT contractors in an emerging IT gig economy. From a cultural perspective, “still under employment” in a Confucian society which emphasizes face-saving that has value in its own right and it explains why some firms in Taiwan granted IT professionals a “no-pay break” instead of immediate layoff to cope with the 2008 crisis. Meanwhile, to cope with the challenge of IT skill/education-job mismatch in the United States, using a domestic training program as nonmonetary compensation may be a viable alternative to IT firms whose IT compensation strategies emphasize lucrative pay or poach IT talents rather than nurturing IT talents. Theoretically, economic/organization theories derived from western experiences or ideologies in 1900s, where industrialization, private/hierarchical organizations, and higher education were booming, may not fit non-western countries' experiences or today's world where the trends of outsourcing, IT contracting, gig economy and depreciation of education are emerging.

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Harrington, Keith. "Contracting out of a public library service: business to be, or not to be?" Library Management 24, no. 4/5 (June 2003): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01435120310475284.

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Saz-Carranza, Angel, and Albert Serra. "Institutional Sources of Distrust in Government Contracting." Public Management Review 11, no. 3 (May 2009): 263–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719030902798206.

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Wolfson, Dirk J. "Situational Contracting as a Mode of Governance." Public Management Review 12, no. 6 (November 2010): 857–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2010.488866.

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de Castro, Luís M. "Francine Lafontaine (ed.): Franchise contracting and organization." International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 3, no. 4 (August 1, 2007): 453–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11365-007-0055-y.

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MERZ, MICHAEL, FRANK GRIFFEL, TUAN TU, STEFAN MÜLLER-WILKEN, HARALD WEINREICH, MARKO BOGER, and WINFRIED LAMERSDORF. "SUPPORTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS WITH CONTRACTING SERVICES." International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 07, no. 04 (December 1998): 249–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021884309800012x.

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Based on the specific characteristics and requirements for an adequate electronic commerce system support, this article gives an overview of the respective distributed systems technologies which are available for open and heterogeneous electronic commerce applications. Abstracting from basic communication mechanisms such as (transactionally secure) remote procedure calls and remote database access mechanisms, this includes service trading and brokerage functions as well as security aspects including such as notary and non-repudiation functions. Further important elements of a system infrastructure for electronic commerce applications are: Common middleware infrastructures, componentware techniques, distributed and mobile agent technologies etc. As electronic transactions enter the phase of performance, increasingly new and important functions are required. Among these are: Negotiation protocols to support both the settlement and fulfillment of electronic contracts as well as ad-hoc workflow management support for compound and distributed services in electronic commerce applications. In addition to an overview of the state of the art of the respective technology, the article briefly presents some related projects conducted by the authors jointly with international partners in order to realize some of the important new functions of a system infrastructure for open distributed electronic commerce applications.

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Svidroňová, Mária Murray, Beáta Mikušová Meričková, and Lýdia Gondášová. "E-procurement in Contracting-out of Public Goods and Services: Evidence from Slovakia." NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 9, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 57–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2016-0003.

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AbstractRecently growing attention has been paid to the issue of public-sector innovation: scholars have progressively developed a fully-fledged field of study in this direction, since remarkable differences exist between public and private organizations. Perhaps paradoxically, the decline of NPM itself from the 1990s onwards has paved the way to further developments of this field of study, surpassing the existent model through the exploration of innovative tools for stakeholders’ involvement in public decision-making. New Public Management reforms of public administration combined with the use of information and communication technologies have brought many innovations to the public sector, among others also public e-procurement. Our objective is to identify the driver and barriers of e-procurement use in contracting-out of public goods and services based on analysis in one selected region and its four municipalities in Slovakia. This study uses a qualitative and quantitative approach and is based on original data from our own research, including data collected within the LIPSE (Learning from Innovation in Public Sector Environments) research project. The main findings of our analysis are that the use of public e-procurement is an innovative tool for contracting out the public services and as such facilitates modern public-administration reforms based on information and communication technologies.

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