A theory of communicative practices within financial internet discussion site communities. This project aims to use online financial investment communities to identify factors that drive communication and influence knowledge co-creation, examine how systematic variations in these factors influence investor decision making, and develop a mid-range theory for explaining and predicting the influence of online communication patterns on individual decisions and market outcomes. By developing and vali ....A theory of communicative practices within financial internet discussion site communities. This project aims to use online financial investment communities to identify factors that drive communication and influence knowledge co-creation, examine how systematic variations in these factors influence investor decision making, and develop a mid-range theory for explaining and predicting the influence of online communication patterns on individual decisions and market outcomes. By developing and validating a new mid-range theory, initially in the financial investment context, this project will provide significant benefits, such as help to secure Australia’s place in a changing world through improved information flow.Read moreRead less
Supply Chain Management and eProcurement. This project will assist Australian firms assess the impact of emerging Internet-enabled electronic business (e-business) initiatives in the area of procurement and supply chain management. The aims are to identify factors that constrain/enable e-procurement in creating sustained value; describe key elements of suceses in the development, application and effective use of e-procurement; provide the basis for assessing progress in understanding and use of ....Supply Chain Management and eProcurement. This project will assist Australian firms assess the impact of emerging Internet-enabled electronic business (e-business) initiatives in the area of procurement and supply chain management. The aims are to identify factors that constrain/enable e-procurement in creating sustained value; describe key elements of suceses in the development, application and effective use of e-procurement; provide the basis for assessing progress in understanding and use of successive waves of innovation in areas of e-procurement and supply chain management; and develop industry benchmarks for critical dimensions of effectiveness in these areas.Read moreRead less
Monitoring online topic evolvements with near-duplicate videos. This project will make a major impact on social media mining, and open up a new research direction for topic discovery. The project's advances will bring economic/social benefits to Australia, where collaborative access of large amount of Web/media information is vital, for example, data sharing and management, broadcasting, advertising, opinion gathering, etc.
Examining multi-level Information Technology (IT) project alignment in government services: the case of contracted employment services. Improved Information Technology (IT) alignment is essential for the delivery of government services within a complex public-private, inter-organisational environment. This project will investigate the extent to which well-aligned IT support systems contribute positively to the efficient and effective delivery of contracted employment services.
The impact of strategic alignment on IT outsourcing success in a complex service setting. Improved conceptual and methodological understanding of strategic alignment is essential for better IT outsourcing decisions. This research will improve the performance of Australian industry by investigating how strategically well aligned ITO investments can lead to improved performance and greater competitive advantage.
Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations. How to align a firm’s IT resources with its business needs attracts much attention in organisations, and hence in IS research. To date, however, work in this area has been principally atheoretic, and sometimes inconsistent. This project seeks to resolve theoretical inconsistencies to provide an internally consistent explanation on how to achieve alignment, and thereby improve business performance. This pr ....Resolving the Alignment Issue between Business and Information Technology in Organizations. How to align a firm’s IT resources with its business needs attracts much attention in organisations, and hence in IS research. To date, however, work in this area has been principally atheoretic, and sometimes inconsistent. This project seeks to resolve theoretical inconsistencies to provide an internally consistent explanation on how to achieve alignment, and thereby improve business performance. This project advances knowledge by engaging in: the first multi-theoretic study of how IT alignment evolves; the first comparison of institutional theory, punctuated equilibrium theory, and complexity theory; and the first study that combines a dual-case methodology with simulations in IS research.Read moreRead less
Effective and Efficient Query Processing over Dynamic Social Networks. This project aims to invent novel query-based social network data exploration techniques which would help individuals or organisations make smart decisions based on data from increasingly massive, complex and dynamic social networks. Expected project outcomes are formal result semantics, advanced indices, efficient query evaluation algorithms and scalable techniques for three types of commonly used queries. The project plans ....Effective and Efficient Query Processing over Dynamic Social Networks. This project aims to invent novel query-based social network data exploration techniques which would help individuals or organisations make smart decisions based on data from increasingly massive, complex and dynamic social networks. Expected project outcomes are formal result semantics, advanced indices, efficient query evaluation algorithms and scalable techniques for three types of commonly used queries. The project plans to develop a system prototype to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approaches and techniques. Query-based dynamic social network data exploration techniques developed in this project may have practical applications including event and influential topic discovery and tracking, buying trend analysis and political issues analysis.Read moreRead less
Development of a novel photonic reticulation system for cost efficient delivery of high bandwidth communication services to regional communities. The R&D and commercialisation of the DWDM-lite will have a significant impact on the efficiency of Australia's telecommunications industry with consequent flow-on effects to the productivity and competitiveness of Australian telecommunications industry. The availability of broadband telecommunications services to regional communities at service and ser ....Development of a novel photonic reticulation system for cost efficient delivery of high bandwidth communication services to regional communities. The R&D and commercialisation of the DWDM-lite will have a significant impact on the efficiency of Australia's telecommunications industry with consequent flow-on effects to the productivity and competitiveness of Australian telecommunications industry. The availability of broadband telecommunications services to regional communities at service and services levels to those of metropolitan customers is a recognised national priority. It lies at the core of the Australian Government's recently announced Connect Australia plan directing at regional community benefits in improved availability and affordability of broadband telecommunications services. The product will enhance Australian participation in the global equipment supply industryRead moreRead less
Unlocking benefits from digital investments. This project aims to address one of the most vexing questions in the management of information systems: how to unlock the value of digital investments. The project expects to develop new theory and evidence on how to achieve meaningful use of information systems at multiple levels of analysis. The project will especially benefit the health sector, and society, by helping health providers and vendors to maximise the value obtained from substantial inve ....Unlocking benefits from digital investments. This project aims to address one of the most vexing questions in the management of information systems: how to unlock the value of digital investments. The project expects to develop new theory and evidence on how to achieve meaningful use of information systems at multiple levels of analysis. The project will especially benefit the health sector, and society, by helping health providers and vendors to maximise the value obtained from substantial investment in digital technologies, and by developing evidence-based policies to optimise digital service delivery.Read moreRead less
Effective and Efficient Situation Awareness in Big Social Media Data . Crisis management services using traditional methods like phone calls can be easily delayed due to limited communication ability in the disaster area. This project aims to help users make smart decision in critical situations by using big social media data to detect complex social events, receive recommendations, and observe event summaries. We will invent advanced social data models, efficient indices and query techniques fo ....Effective and Efficient Situation Awareness in Big Social Media Data . Crisis management services using traditional methods like phone calls can be easily delayed due to limited communication ability in the disaster area. This project aims to help users make smart decision in critical situations by using big social media data to detect complex social events, receive recommendations, and observe event summaries. We will invent advanced social data models, efficient indices and query techniques for situation awareness in big media. We expect to develop a system to evaluate the proposed situation awareness framework. The outcomes of the project will benefit social media analysis and big data fields. It will also improve the government services by enabling the real time situation awareness in crisis.Read moreRead less