Role of Universities in IT Education in India

In the wake of the information technology (IT) revolution, the paper describes the changing role of universities to promote IT education in India to generate qualitative and competitive manpower in the face of the mushrooming of private institutions in the field of IT. The rapid growth of private teaching initiatives reflects inadequacies of the public educational system to the needs of the emerging IT environment, especially considering the high prices charged by private training. It is pointed out that the emerging knowledge society and the economy are not going to be based on IT alone, but will depend on the development of both IT and basic research in domain areas. Any policy on IT education should ensure that basic disciplines are not ignored. Universities should develop new and innovative programmes for students from different basic disciplines to give training for high-end jobs. To promote IT education a new innovative concept of earning while learning has recently been introduced. Some of the initiatives started by Delhi University to modify/improve course programmes for IT education are highlighted, looking at the needs of the industry.     

Driving Information Systems Security through Innovations—First Indications

Modern organizations and even nations are increasingly dependent on information systems (IS) security, and their economic prosperity is strongly linked to innovation. Do these two important issues also relate one to another, and how? Can some lessons be learned that are important not only to security professionals but also to organizational and other important systems managing decision makers? Assuming that the answer is yes, how can we deploy innovation techniques to further improve IS security? Because this interdisciplinary area has not been addressed so far, this article presents one of the first attempts to address it on the basis of statistically relevant data on a national and international scale. It provides experimental results that imply some important statistical interdependencies that call for further study and also identifies systemic limitations, including those that exist on the European Union scale, that should be addressed to enable progress in this area.     

The dual role of IT capabilities in the development of digital products and services

Past research on the business value of information technologies (IT) has demonstrated the positive contribution of IT capabilities (IT-C) to product innovation performance. However, with the advent of digital technologies, a new kind of product innovations gained importance: digital product and service innovations (DPI). As a consequence of their idiosyncratic characteristics, the usefulness and validity of existing product innovation management concepts cannot be transferred to the context of DPI without further ado. Accordingly, this study reinvestigates the role of IT-C in the specific context of DPI. Therefore, we begin with a differentiation of DPI from traditional, non-digital product innovation. Then, we propose that IT-C affect the performance of DPI projects via two paths. First, based on the notion that DPI rely on the use of innovative IT, we assume that IT-C directly impact DPI performance. Second, following prior research that has argued that the performance contribution of IT-C is mediated by other organizational intermediaries, we assume that IT-C also indirectly contribute to DPI performance through their positive influence on other organizational capabilities. One such organizational capability that mediates the influence of IT-C on DPI performance is a firm’s DPI capabilities (DPI-C). DPI-C allow firms to deploy their digital resources for DPI purposes and, thus, are an important antecedent for DPI performance. To test our assumptions, we use partial least squares–structural equation modeling technique and analyze survey data collected from DPI projects across different industries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.     

The role of attributional judgments when adopted computing technology fails: a comparison of Microsoft Windows PC user perceptions of Windows and Macs

The bulk of research to date on diffusion of innovations and the user acceptance of computing technology has focused on modelling the factors that lead to a user's decision to adopt and use a technology, instead of how individuals use technology and experience it after adoption. The current paper explores how users rationalise failures in their adopted innovations; their biases in the assessment of competing technologies; and the ultimate influence of these attributions on their interpersonal word of mouth communication with other users. The findings of the research point to the mechanisms of ego enhancement and innovativeness influencing users’ reactions to the failure of their adopted computing technology. Biases regarding competing technologies are, however, influenced by information presented in the mass media. Experienced users and users who are technologically innovative are more likely to exhibit biased optimism towards the technology they have adopted. When such users hear about the failure of the computing technology they have adopted, they are far more likely to blame other users for it. In contrast, less innovative, later adopters of a technology are far more likely to blame their adopted technology and consider it to be inferior.     

烧碱扩建中蒸发装置的技术改造

介绍了市化工厂烧碱扩建中蒸发装置技术改造的情况,指出了技改效果。     

Introduction.

Scientific discovery and the technological innovations that result from them often appear to provide a model for behavioral science theory, especially of its physiological aspects. Under the editorship of Christopher Ferguson, this issue, titled “Video Games,” continues the tradition of the Review of General Psychology’s offering one issue each volume of papers concentrated on a single topic. To those readers interested in the educational value of computer games, this issue offers rich findings. To those interested in how commercial technology reflects our models of the mind, the issue should provide an equally rich, contemporary, example. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

精心培育建筑业企业管理现代化创新成果 ——第二届全国建筑业企业管理现代化创新成果点评

在第二届全国建筑业企业管理现代化创新成果发布会上,发布了41 项全国建筑业企业管理现代化创新成果。这些成果的应用不但有效地提升了成果创造企业整体管理水平和市场竞争能力,也为其他建筑业企业深化改革、加强管理提供了成功经验,为开展建筑业企业管理科学研究与教学提供了现实案例。从总体情况、成果领域分布、问题与不足三个方面对这些成果进行了简要点评,并对组织开展第三届全国建筑业企业管理现代化创新成果的审定工作提出了若干建议。     

机械原理多媒体CAI/CAD系统的研究与开发

简述了机械原理多媒体CAI/CAD系统研究和开发的总体情况;介绍了机械原理多媒体CAI/CAD系统的特点与创新点。     

Analysis of Mobile Broadband Service Penetration in South Korea

The expansion of mobile broadband services will bring noticeable changes to the market and also have an impact on society. The penetration of mobile broadband services is generally regarded to be a crucial factor for economic growth and global competitiveness of a nation. South Korea continues to hold the global lead in mobile broadband penetration despite the fact that it is neither a technological leader nor a developed nation. This article examines the factors underlying the explosive growth in the number of subscribers to high-speed mobile broadband services in Korea. These factors are analyzed under the theoretical frameworks of the diffusion of innovations and Porter’s diamond model of determinants of national competitive advantage. Korea’s success in mobile broadband deployment is characterized in terms of government support and coordination, supply-side and demand-side conditions, and competition in the market. Several implications for policymakers are provided from the analysis of this study.     

An empirical analysis to assess the determinants of SaaS diffusion in firms

We propose a conceptual model for assessing the determinants of SaaS diffusion process (i.e. intention, adoption, and routinization). The conceptual model is based on three important theories of adoption at the firm level (i.e., technology-organization-environment [TOE] framework, diffusion of innovation [DOI] theory, and institutional [INT] theory). Data collected from 265 firms are used to test the conceptual model. Nine determinants are found to be statistically significant. By examining direct and total (direct and indirect) effects of the determinants, the study offers rich insight into the firm's decision to adopt and routinize SaaS.