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Title: | Engagement of external expertise in information systems implementation | Authors: | Thong, J.Y.L. Yap, C.-S. Raman, K.S. |
Keywords: | Consultant External expertise Relationship with vendor Small business Vendor |
Issue Date: | Sep-1994 | Citation: | Thong, J.Y.L.,Yap, C.-S.,Raman, K.S. (1994-09). Engagement of external expertise in information systems implementation. Journal of Management Information Systems 11 (2) : 209-231. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Most small businesses lack computer experience and do not have sufficient internal computer expertise. Hence, small businesses are more dependent on external expertise such as consultants and vendors than are larger businesses. This paper compares the information systems (IS) effectiveness of a group of small businesses that engage separate consultants and vendors (consultant-vendor approach) with that of another group of small businesses that engage vendors who also provide consultancy service (vendor-only approach). The results show that small businesses that adopt the vendor-only approach have more effective information systems than small businesses that adopt the consultant-vendor approach. Further, the vendor-only approach results in the same level of consultant effectiveness and a better level of vendor support for small businesses compared with the consultant-vendor approach. The relationship between vendor and odier parties in the IS implementation project is found to be an important predictor of IS effectiveness. | Source Title: | Journal of Management Information Systems | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/52907 | ISSN: | 07421222 |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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