Browsing by Author "McQueen, Robert J."

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    Comparing Strategic IT Alignment versus Process IT Alignment in SMEs
    (AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOC INC, 2012) Cataldo, Alejandro; McQueen, Robert J.; Hardings, Jens
    Recently researchers have begun to suggest that the study of IT alignment in SMEs should be based on organizational processes rather than on strategy. This research investigated both approaches in a comparative exploratory study of 38 SMEs in Chile and Colombia. Regression was used to compare both types of alignment against IT success.
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    Exploring the IT usage in SMEs from New Zealand, Colombia and Chile using action-research methodology
    (2012) Sepúlveda Fernández, Marcos Ernesto; Cataldo, Alejandro; McQueen, Robert J.
    The theory on the adoption and use of information technology (IT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is abundant. However, methodologically speaking, action-research (AR) has been little explored as a method of construction of this theory, despite the use of this methodology could improve understanding of how SMEs use IT. Therefore, we researched the use of IT in SMEs using a methodology adapted from AR. The methodology was tested in companies from New Zealand, Colombia and Chile. The use of this methodology was well evaluated by the top management of SMEs; in fact, the recommendations coming from the analysis were well received by the management of participants. These results are auspicious regarding the use of AR in SMEs and could help encourage other researchers to use this methodology, which remains little used in information systems research.