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CC=pgcc COPT=-Mcache_align FOPT=-Mcache_align USE_MPI=yes
./configure -mpp -pgf90 -i4
mymachine% ./configure -mpp -pgf90 -i4
Building program for processor type=p4
Program may not run on other platforms
You can choose another processor type using the [p3|p4|athlon|x86_64|ia64] option
Program will be built for parallel execution
found /usr/local/bin/perl version 5.008003
Machine architecture is unix unix-i4 unix-linux
Additional compilation pre-processor flags: mpp eaf
File size greater than 2GB allowed
pgf90 7.1-2 32-bit target on x86 Linux -tp piv
searching for blas libraries...
plese select blas library from above list
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plese select lapack library from above list
(default ):
Do wish to use tcgmsg, mpi, or myrinet? [tcgmsg]
Please give the name of the directory containing GA, MA libraries:
(default ):
If you want to use a special wrapper for parallel job startup
please specify. (default /usr/pgi_rel/linux86/7.1/mpi/mpich/bin/mpirun):
Please give both the -L and -l loader options needed to access the MPI library
Leave blank if you want to use the vendor supplied library on Cray
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-L/usr/pgi/linux86/7.1/mpi/mpich/lib -lmpich
MPI implementation is mpich
Enter max number of atoms [ 200]:
Enter max number of valence orbitals [ 300]:
Enter max number of basis functions [2000]:
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Installed binaries directory [/usr/local/bin]
Installed auxiliary directory [/usr/local/lib/molpro-mpp-Linux-i686-i4-2006.1]
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Installed CGI script directory [/home/public_html/molpro/molpro2006.1]
Found glob.h
Using getopt_long from system library
parse-i686-pc-linux-gnu-i4.o.gz is your object.
CONFIG file created; proceed to compilation
MOLPRO can be tuned for a particular system by running the following
command from the base MOLPRO directory. The tuning determines which version
of a routine, blas or MOLPRO, gives the best performance and appends the
tuning results to "bin/molpro.rc".i
./bin/molpro -n 2 mpptune.com
Example of running with 2 nodes.
Run a small subset of tests:
make MOLPRO_OPTIONS="-n 2" -C testjobs quicktest
Run most tests except some long ones:
make MOLPRO_OPTIONS="-n 2" -C testjobs test
Run all tests:
make MOLPRO_OPTIONS="-n 2" -C testjobs bigtest
These commands can also be issued in the MOLPRO base directory.
In directory bench, type:
To run
benchmark, i,e., small3.com with 2-way parallel, type:
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Faith-Centered Treatment Solutions
There are a number of treatment centers out there that provide help for addiction recovery on different levels. Some of them consider in non-12 step programs that do not include religion. This can also be a good alternative for those who are not religious and believe that being in a religious group might cause uneasy approach for them. Faith Based Treatment programs are exactly what they say, based on faith. Majority of these programs are centered on the Christian beliefs and faith. Christian drug rehab centers offer a faith-based establishment for those struggling with addiction. Christian treatment centers promote religious reflection and sometimes use scripture as guidance in the course of drug addiction along with traditional detox, personality counseling, and group therapy sessions. In a faith-based treatment program, God's love and acceptance are emphasized so the recovering addict can gather strength and get inspiration. A lot of the healing centers that are faith-based are for women only, while a few are for men only. The key objective of a faith based treatment center is the same as a regular treatment center, to assist the individual overcome the addiction and begin the path of sobriety. The Road to Freedom program uses a diversity of techniques, activities and programs to assist recovering addicts become more responsive and connect with a higher power such as:
- Pastoral counseling
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- Worship services
- Spiritual support and encouragement
How Christ-Centered Programs Can Help You Faith-based recovery programs have turn out to be a popular alternative for those seeking a spiritual way out for their drug and alcohol addiction. Spirituality is often used in the addiction recovery process to seek a higher power and increase empathy and compassion for oneself and others. Faith-Centered Treatment Solutions encourages consciousness, directness and honesty about your drug and alcohol abuse and acknowledges that you can transform your life in recovery and let go of the past.
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Major Metro Trails
I am happy to announce the publication of my new bicycle map for the Denver Metro Region. With more than 600 miles of trails, 40 distinct trail systems, it's color-coded so you can see if you'll be on a paved surface (red), a dirt trail (brown) or a bike-friendly surface street (blue) to link different trail systems up. The front side is the metro region (Superior to Parker, Commerce City to Chatfield Reservoir) and the reverse side has 6 detailed maps of places you'll want to ride, including the four main reservoirs (Chatfield, Cherry Creek, Aurora, and Bear Creek), the south end of the Cherry Creek Trail, and Horseshoe Park in Aurora. Waterproof and tear proof. Get 'em while they're (and it's still) hot, $12.95. Find it at Tattered Cover (all three stores), Evo-Edgeworks, Turin Bikes, Big Ring Cycles, and the Golden Bike Shop. The QR code on the map links you to a digital version you can use with your smartphone and the map app from PDF Maps, $5.99. Happy Trails to all.
US 36 Bikeway + Little Dry Creek Trail Update
Several people have asked me about riding to Boulder via the newly-opened US 36 Bikeway and over the past weekend I finally had time to check out the construction on the new commuter rail line that's been creating havoc along Little Dry Creek and Clear Creek Trails for the past 2 years. What I discovered was both promising and disappointing. The good news first. The Northwest Rail B-Line is nearly complete and is scheduled to open on July 26, 2016. When all the work is complete, there will be a newly reconstructed trail along Little Dry Creek between 64th Ave and Lowell Blvd and near the intersection of 72nd Ave and Braeburn Blvd which is the north-south access between Little Dry Creek and the beginning of the US 36 bikeway. There is also going to be a new spur south of Clear Creek Trail which will take cyclists to the Federal Blvd station of the Gold Line.
The bad news: (1) the work to date on Little Dry Creek has created several hazardous underpasses that will regularly flood and for which there is no easy by-pass above the grade of the creek. When these are not flooded, they will require constant maintenance to sweep out the mud and sand that accumulates after every rain storm, and judging by current conditions, Adams County is not up to the task. (2) Even with the scheduled opening of of the B-Line, it sure does not look as if the trail between 64th and Lowell Blvd is going to open very soon. There is a lot of landscaping work still to be done between Federal and Lowell and there is also a large CDOT project reconstructing the bridge over Little Dry Creek at Federal Blvd. (3) The detour signing along the closed portions of Little Dry Creek is non-existent or inadequate. From the southeast, there are no signs indicating the trail is closed until you run smack into a concrete barrier north of 64th Ave. From the northwest there are the beginnings of a posted detour, but they led me astray, routing me south along Lowell Blvd without ever turning me east back towards Little Dry Creek. I cannot do much about (1) or (2), but I did work out a passable detour, along 64th, Irving, and 68th Ave between Lowell Blvd and the start of Little Dry Creek. It works pretty well, save the time you have to ride along 64th Ave which carries significant truck traffic. There's also a sketcher version I checked out from Little Dry Creek Trail after the second underpass. It routes you along a dirt and gravel road to 68th Ave, then north and west across Federal to Lowell Blvd. It's doable, but not for most cyclists.
The photo below is from the Federal Bridge looking northwest, with the new Little Dry Creek Trail beckoning.
This is the unexpected barrier you'll encounter if you ride along Little Dry Creek expecting to be able to reach the US 36 Bikeway.
And finally, This shot shows some of the work being completed on thrnew bridge project along Federal Boulvard. That work has just begun and is not expected to be completed until July 2017. Feel free to drop the CDOT communications manager a note asking CDOT to provide and post an adequate detour around the work that CDOT is doing.
How to Download and Use A PDF Map
A lot of people have asked me (two at least) how to download and use the Major Metro Trails Map that was published last month. It is not super-complicated, but requires you to download the appropriate app, then load the pdf map from the map store or elsewhere.
The App
From your phone, navigate to your app store and download Avenza's PDF Map App.
Install the App and open it up. There's a store button at the bottom of the screen.
Click it to go to the map store and see the broad categories of maps available around the world. Many are free. Click search in the upper right to narrow your geographic area, then search "Coloradobikemaps.com" to pull up all the maps I've loaded there. You can also find the main, metro trail map just by searching "Denver Metro Trail System."
Download the maps you want, they'll load up in your phone, and you're all set to navigate and find your way across Denver's amazing trail system.
Navigation using the App is easy. Touch the map you want to open and you'll see the familiar blue dot showing your current location. Zoom in, start riding, have fun. Use the arrow in the lower left corner to pinpoint your position, and the blue pin just to the right to mark a spot of interest or one you want to return to.
Major Metro Trails, Denver, Colorado
***This is a very large map and may not load well or be useful on a smartphone. I expect to have this and many others available in the near future as PDFs that can be read through a mapping program such as PDF Maps from Avenza. ***
Metro Denver is blessed with hundreds of miles of multi-use trails, most of which are paved or concrete. But sometimes it seems as if there are only two: the Cherry Creek Trail and the South Platte River Trail. Ride along either one on a warm summer day and you may begin to wonder if there aren't other trails you could be riding on instead. There are. This map highlights those major trail systems in the area and also shows how trail systems can be linked together with a variety of surface streets. Surface streets shown are primarily streets with light traffic, a dedicated bike lane, a sidewalk, or all three. Most are well-traveled by cyclists. Not every trail in the metro region is shown here. Some were omitted for being too short, some for being strictly local, neighborhood trails, and others for being chopped up and requiring too many street crossings. Many miles of unpaved trails, including the High Line Canal Trail and several in Highlands Ranch, also are included. Those shown are navigable on most road and hybrid bikes, especially if you are comfortable riding on loose surfaces. The unpaved surfaces are usually well-packed dirt or crusher fines and are navigable unless you are riding during or immediately after a rainstorm. The inclusion of these unpaved sections expands the scope of the map and the range of the typical urban cyclist.
These trails are maintained and governed by a patchwork of towns, counties, and special districts. Each has its own set of rules for the trails. The following rules, however, have broad application. All trail users yield to horses. Cyclists yield to pedestrians. When overtaking another cyclist, signal your intention to pass by voice or bell. Give dogs and small children a large safety bubble. Ride at a safe speed for the particular trail and time of day. These trails are not the place for serious high-speed training or for learning to ride in a pack or paceline. Some municipalities have a stated speed limit, although these are rarely enforced.
A brief description of the major trail systems appears to the left of the map proper. Distances are approximate and include any surface street sections that are a logical or necessary part of the particular trail. The major hazard to watch for on all the trail systems, aside from other trail users, is flash floods, which have killed a number of unsuspecting people. This is especially true whenever the trail is at creek or river level, when the trail passes under a road or highway, or when the trail is encased in concrete, as happens on the southern stretch of Little Dry Creek in Adams County or on Cherry Creek Trail between Confluence Park and Holly St.
Cherry Creek Reservoir
This is a map to supplement the Major Metro Trails Map. It shows the area in and around Cherry Creek Reservoir and State Park, one of the busiest cycling destinations in the region. Go there just to ride around, or ride through it on your way to points south (Cherry Creek Trail), east (Piney Creek), or northeast (Spillway Trail).
Golden + Lakewood Area
This is the second of several maps to supplement the Metro Major Trails Map of 2016. The Golden and Lakewood area has connections to the Clear Creek Trail (northeast), the C-470 Trail (south) and on street access to many of the signature foothill rides, including Golden Gate Canyon, Lookout Mountain, Red Rocks, and the town of Morrison. With the recent opening of the West Rail Line, there is also an excellent, safe alternative to 32nd Ave along the West Rail Line, some on-street, some on dedicated trails.
Chatfield Reservoir Area
Yet another supplemental map. Chatfield Reservoir is a federal flood control project managed as a state park by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. It features all of the typical amenities you would expect at a large, urban state park and provides excellent cycling in and around the park. There is no way to loop around the park on trails alone, but it is possible to circle the reservoir and most of the park if you don't mind some dirt and don't mind walking down a steep section near the southeast corner of the reservoir. The best access is from one of several trails: C-470 (northwest), Cherry Creek Trail (north) and the Centennial Trail (northeast). There is also on street access from Wadsworth Blvd and from the Highlands Ranch Trails to the east. This access requires you to cross Santa Fe Blvd (US 83) and it is an entirely unprotected crossing without lights or pedestrian striping and is not recommended.
Horseshoe Park Area
This is another of the maps that usefully supplement the recently published Major Metro Trails Map of 2016. The Horseshoe Park area is one of Aurora's better kept secrets. It provides links to Toll Gate Creek, the Cherry Creek Spillway Trail, and the Powerline Trail, with access in all directions. Signage can be challenging, but this is a great starting place from which to explore trails in all directions.
Cherry Creek Trail South
This is one of the maps that supplements the recently published Major Metro Trails map. It shows the detail of the Cherry Creek Trail from Centennial south to its unhappy end.
Presumably, there are plans to acquire an easement through the private property to extend the trail onward to Castlewood Canyon State Park.
Fortunately, if you exit the trail before the dead end, at Walker Rd, you can easily ride south on a surface street to the park. There are few navigational difficulties and a couple of interesting detours that are destinations in their own right, the Sulpher Gulch Loop in Parker, and the Pinery Loop. There is one section of dirt that I found to be in tough shape–deep mud, many ruts–there's a viable work around on the streets between Scott Ave and Bayou Gulch Rd.
Plains Conservation Loop
This one rides better than it reads. In fact the real knock on this route is that it is hard to figure out some times if you are on the right trail segment or not. Mostly, this is a signage problem, as in the City of Aurora is doing a terrible job labeling and signing their trails. It is really that bad and really that simple. But first, a few general thoughts on access and the ride character. I usually ride this clockwise and like heading out 7th Ave east across Colorado Blvd then continuing on 6th Avenue to Uinta St. Sixth Ave is not everyone's cup of tea so feel free to ride east on 7th Ave instead. This ride takes you way out east, past all of the suburban sprawl, to a point where you can see the plains and nothing beyond them (at least if you look in the right direction). If you look to the northeast from Plains Park, you can also see the giant white bubbles that mark Buckley Air Force Base's electronic monitoring stations. The dirt trail along the Plains Conservation Center is tricky in a few places but worth the extra effort. There are a few spots to pay attention, especially where the signage is inadeqaute.
Working clockwise, the exit from the High Line Canal to Toll Gate Creek Trail isn't obvious. You'll have passed under Chambers Rd, passed by an old historic farm, crossed over the High Line Canal and poof! there it will be. Look left, cross down and under Alameda Ave, and all will be well.
After that you'll be riding south on Toll Gate. You'll come into Horseshoe Park and will need to ride east on Powerline Trail. Your clue for when to turn is the power lines themselves. Look for them! They're big and tall and hard to miss. Keep riding east.
You'll eventually come to a park with a playground. Work your way around to the west side and you'll have a choice of a dirt trail or a paved trail. Both are fun. If you ride the dirt, it stops (and you should, too) at Hampden. Ride the sidewalk east to Skills Park, and go north through the park then angle left onto a (you guessed it) No Name Trail. Crazy, isn't it? No wonder they cannot stick a sign in the ground. If you are riding the paved trail, look for the no name trail angling sharply off to the right. Follow it to West Toll Gate Creek Trail back to Horseshoe Park and from there ride home the way you came or head southwest to Cherry Creek Reservoir. Alternately, there's a short stretch of West Toll Gate Creek Trail that leads south to Dartmouth Ave if you're interested in some of Aurora's finest on-street riding.
If you've made it back to Horseshoe Park and want to ride the full loop, all you have to do is figure out how to get out and south the Spillway Trail. It is not easy, but well worth it, if only to try to imagine what kind of cataclysmic event it would take for the spillway to ever come into play. And if you can imagine that, what would Horseshoe Park look like under that much water? The map below probably explains the route and route finding difficulties better than I can, so take a look and give it a try. The neighborhoods just south of Horseshoe are not super busy, so even if you are off route somehow, nothing ugly is going to happen. Once you're on the Spillway Trail, the only remaining obstacles are the several at-grade crossings just north of the park. Use the crosswalks, be patient, and all will be well.
One final note. I've shown this as a kind of open-jawed route with access from the north along 11th Ave to CU Medical School and the Anschutz Medical Plaza and from the south through the reservoir and from Denver along the Cherry Creek Trail. Rding in from northwest Aurora to Southwest Aurora is a tale of two cities (almost). The contrast is stark between the older and seemingly less affluent northwest and the suburban southwest. It is one of those things that makes riding a bicycle so interesting–there's no screen between you and the world around you.
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Most Cited The Journal of Strategic Information Systems Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
From green to sustainability: Information Technology and an integrated sustainability frameworkViet Dao | Ian Langella | Jerry Carbo
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 63-79
Sustainability has increasingly become important to business research and practice over the past decades as a result of rapid depletion of natural resources and concerns over wealth disparity and corporate social responsibility. Within this realm, the so-called triple bottom line seeks to evaluate business performance on its impacts on the environment and interested stakeholders besides profitability concerns. So far, Management Information Systems research on sustainability has been somewhat constrained in the realm of green IT, which focuses mostly on the reduction of energy consumption of corporate IT systems. Using the resource-based view as the theoretical foundation, the manuscript develops an integrated sustainability framework, illustrating the integration of human, supply chain, and IT resources to enable firms develop sustainability capabilities, which help firms deliver sustainable values to relevant stakeholders and gain sustained competitive advantage. Particularly, the role of automate, informate, transform, and infrastructure IT resources are examined in the development of sustainability capabilities. The work calls for a bold new role of IT in sustainability beyond energy consumption reduction. Implications for future research and management practice on IT and sustainability are also discussed. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
How does social software change knowledge management? Toward a strategic research agendaGeorg Von Krogh
Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 154-164
Knowledge management is commonly understood as IS implementations that enable processes of knowledge creation, sharing, and capture. Knowledge management at the firm level is changing rapidly. Previous approaches included centrally managed, proprietary knowledge repositories, often involving structured and controlled search and access. Today the trend is toward knowledge management by social software, which provides open and inexpensive alternatives to traditional implementations. While social software carries great promise for knowledge management, this also raises fundamental questions about the very essence and value of firm knowledge, the possibility for knowledge protection, firm boundaries, and the sources of competitive advantage. I draft a strategic research agenda consisting of five fundamental issues that should reinvigorate research in knowledge management. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Integrative framework for assessing firms' potential to undertake Green IT initiatives via virtualization - A theoretical perspectiveRanjit Bose | Xin Luo
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 38-54
Green IT (information technology) has recently emerged into an active research area in the information systems (IS) discipline. A major gap that exists in the Green IT research literature today is the absence of a theoretical framework that can be used to assist organizations in assessing their potential for undertaking Green IT initiatives and implementing them via modern technological means such as virtualization. This study attempts to bridge this gap by developing and proposing an integrative framework which focuses on identifying and examining the factors that contribute to the assessment of a firm's readiness to go green via IT-enabled virtualization. The framework is firmly grounded using three well-established IS theories: (a) technology-organization-environment, (b) process-virtualization, and (c) diffusion of innovation. It integrates these three theoretical lenses to utilize the strengths of each for assessing the potential for undertaking Green IT initiatives and the stages of Green IT implementation at the organizational level. The implications of the outcome of this study, both for the IS researchers and for the practicing managers are discussed. The plan for empirical testing and validation of our propositions is presented, as well as suggestions for future extensions of this study. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Compliance with institutional imperatives on environmental sustainability: Building theory on the role of Green ISTom Butler
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 6-26
Addressing the complexity of the growing number of regulatory imperatives from global institutional environments has prompted firms in the IT sector to leverage the enabling effects of IT-based systems to help manage environmental compliance and related organisational risks. Thus, a new breed of IS - Green IS - emerged in recent years. This paper presents an integrative theoretical model that: (1) employs institutional theory to help explain how a range of exogenous regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive factors from the institutional environment and the organisational field influence IT manufacturers' decisions on the design and manufacture of environmentally sustainable products; and (2) uses organisational theory to describe the strategic endogenous arrangements that organisations institute using Green IS in order to support sense-making, decision making and knowledge creation around environmental sustainability. The paper employs the findings of a case study of Compliance and Risks' Ltd. Compliance-to-Product (C2P) application and its implementation in two US-based Fortune 500 IT manufacturers to help validate and refine the a priori theoretical model. The paper therefore makes a significant contribution to theory building on the phenomenon of Green IS, through its articulation of empirically-based theoretical propositions which employ conceptual mechanisms to explain how Green IS can support organisational sense-making, decision making and knowledge sharing and creation around the design and manufacture of Green IT. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Information technology as a change actant in sustainability innovation: Insights from UppsalaFredrik Bengtsson | Pär J. Gerfalk
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 96-112
This study investigates the effects of a sustainability initiative in a Swedish municipality viewed through the lens of actor network theory. The focus is on the consequences of committing to the implementation of a reporting and analysis system for IT-supported sustainability. This commitment involves several actor networks, both internal and external to the municipality. The study shows that, to implement successfully a sustainability initiative, a thorough understanding of organizational routines and standards is required to enrol the affected stakeholders. Information systems can play a central role as tools for improving sustainability indicators and routines, thereby constituting important change actants. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Beyond Transaction Cost Economics: Towards an endogenous theory of Information Technology OutsourcingMary C. Lacity | Leslie P. Willcocks | Shaji Khan
Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 139-157
In our review, we coded 73 empirical findings from 31 journal articles that applied Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to study Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO). As Karimi-Alaghehband et al. (2011) note correctly, the empirical results of TCE tests in the context of ITO are mixed. We found that only 49% of the empirical ITO findings supported TCE logic. We found only slightly better support for TCE when it is used as a normative theory (54%) than when it is used as a predictive theory (47%). The main difference between Karimi-Alaghehband et al.'s (2011) contribution and our contribution to the debate focuses upon what to do next. Karimi-Alaghehband et al. (2011) argue that ITO researchers need to apply TCE more faithfully. We argue that we are asking too much of TCE - the ITO phenomenon is more complex than can be accommodated by TCE. We argue that ITO research has matured to the point that we should be building our own endogenous ITO theory. We offer observations and insights on what such a theory might entail. In moving ITO research forward, we first critique TCE assumptions and provide alternative assumptions that seem to fit ITO observations well. We draw on our review of 741 ITO empirical findings (Lacity et al.; 2010) to provide a detailed theoretical framework to advance further study that suggests the most promising constructs to use in an endogenous ITO theory. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Information technology, operational, and management competencies for supply chain agility: Findings from case studiesEric W T Ngai | Dorothy C K Chau | T. L A Chan
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 232-249
Given the growing emphasis on the need for supply chain agility to sustain competitive advantage, this study explores the impact of the relationship between supply chain competence and supply chain agility on firm performance. Although the influence of supply chain agility on firm performance has been acknowledged, this study further articulates the relationship from the perspective of inter-organizational collaboration. We develop a conceptual model based on the resource-based view and employ a multi-case study method in this exploratory research. Our findings highlight the importance of distinguishing the difference between supply chain agility and supply chain competence and their impact on firm performance. This study contributes to the growing body of conceptual and empirical literature on supply chain agility and adds to the understanding of the complexity of supply chain competence. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Strategizing information systems-enabled organizational transformation: A transdisciplinary review and new directionsPatrick Besson | Frantz Rowe
Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 103-124
Twenty years after the promise of Information Systems enabling Organizational Transformation (IS-enabled OT), what have we learned? This paper reviews the literature in order to better understand this phenomenon. As specialists in IS, strategy and organizational studies, we analyze the discourse on OT found in the strategy, organizational theory and IS literature, and identify four structuring themes: organizational inertia, process, agency and performance. We apply the coding derived from these themes to a set of 62 empirical papers and discuss the results. Ten research avenues are then identified to show that IS-enabled OT is still a new frontier for strategic information systems research. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
An assessment of the use of transaction cost theory in information technology outsourcingForough Karimi Alaghehband | Suzanne Rivard | Shikui Wu | Sylvain Goyette
Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 125-138
Transaction Cost Theory (TCT) has been widely used in information technology outsourcing (ITO) research to explain and predict outsourcing decisions and outsourcing-related outcomes. This research, however, has led to mixed and unexpected results in terms of the effects of transaction attributes on outsourcing decisions and outcomes. This study assesses the empirical literature employing TCT-based ITO models in terms of its faithfulness to the precepts of TCT, and argues that one possible explanation for the mixed results is that the extant models do not capture all the essential elements of TCT. First, there are core TCT constructs that the extant models do not take into account; second, the linkages among constructs that the IT outsourcing models have hypothesized are not always in line with TCT precepts; and third, the normative nature of the theory is not always captured by the extant models. This paper, therefore, aims to provide one possible answer to the question: "Why have the appropriations made of TCT to study IT outsourcing produced mixed results?" © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Building nation-wide information infrastructures in healthcare through modular implementation strategiesMargunn Aanestad | Tina Blegind Jensen
Volume 20, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 161-176
Initiatives that seek to realize the vision of nation-wide information infrastructures (II) in healthcare have often failed to achieve their goals. In this paper, we focus on approaches used to plan, conduct, and manage the realization of such visions. Our empirical material describes two Danish initiatives, where a national project failed to deliver interoperable Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems while a small, local solution grew and now offers a nation-wide solution for sharing patient record information. We apply II theory, specifically the five design principles proposed by Hanseth and Lyytinen, to contrast the organization and implementation strategies of the two projects. Our findings highlight how implementation strategies differ with respect to how stakeholders are mobilized. We argue that the realization of nation-wide IIs for healthcare not only requires a gradual transition of the installed base, which current II theory advocates. Here we articulate and exemplify a modular implementation strategy as an approach that also addresses the challenges related to mobilization and organization of multiple stakeholders. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Towards an information systems perspective and research agenda on crowdsourcing for innovationA. Majchrzak | A. Malhotra
Volume 22, Issue 4, December 2013, Pages 257-268
Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on open innovation by firms to keep pace with the growing intricacy of products and services and the ever changing needs of the markets. Much has been written about open innovation and its manifestation in the form of crowdsourcing. Unfortunately, most management research has taken the information system (IS) as a given. In this essay we contend that IS is not just an enabler but rather can be a shaper that optimizes open innovation in general and crowdsourcing in particular. This essay is intended to frame crowdsourcing for innovation in a manner that makes more apparent the issues that require research from an IS perspective. In doing so, we delineate the contributions that the IS field can make to the field of crowdsourcing. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Integrating the smartphone into a sound environmental information systems strategy: Principles, practices and a research agendaLeyland F. Pitt | Michael Parent | Iris Junglas | Anthony Chan | Stavroula Spyropoulou
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 27-37
Smartphones are both green technologies and an integral parts of green information systems that are beginning to make serious contributions toward a sustainable environment. We trace the rise of the smartphone, with particular attention given to the iPhone and its many applications. The fundamental differences between smartphone-based and more common Internet applications, and how these might enhance sustainable strategies for organizations with a green agenda are highlighted. U-Commerce is suggested as a theoretical framework that best explains this, and the four dimension of U-Commerce are employed to illustrate how innovative organizations are using the unique characteristics of smartphones to pursue environmentally sound strategies. A process that might be followed for indentifying applications for sustainable issues, making sure that the applications take advantages of a smartphone's unique features, and that contribute to sustainability by using fewer resources, protecting resources, and improving our use of current resources. The paper concludes by identifying a research agenda for information systems scholars to pursue studying the use of smartphones in search of a sustainable information technology agenda. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Information systems strategy: Past, present, future?Yasmin Merali | Thanos Papadopoulos | Tanvee Nadkarni
Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 125-153
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the current discourse in the Strategic Information Systems (SIS) domain about the future and identity of SIS. We draw on Nelson's theorisation of the co-evolution of Physical and Social Technologies to redefine the SIS domain as a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) for the co-evolution of ICT and organisational capabilities and business models to create social and economic value. We conduct a meta-analysis of the domain based on a longitudinal review of SIS research over 33 years, and contrary to contemporaneous SIS literature which suggests that a paradigm shift may be necessary to address the increased turbulence, uncertainty and dynamism in the emerging competitive landscape, we find that the SIS research domain has the requisite adaptive capacity to evolve gracefully to address the challenges of the emerging networked competitive landscape. Drawing on complexity science and network theory we identify four priorities for the development of the domain for the future: conceptualisation of the SIS Domain as a CAS for the co-evolution of Physical and Social Technologies; the adoption of the network paradigm; access to a science of networks; and adoption of Complexity Science as an articulation device within SIS and across disciplines. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Firm-level benefits of IT-enabled resources: A conceptual extension and an empirical assessmentSaggi Nevo | Michael Wade
Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 403-418
While the business value of IT (BVIT) is central to the IS discipline, only recently a possible chain of causation from IT assets (i.e., fungible, widely available, commodity-like, technology-based products) to firm performance has been conceptually specified. Furthermore, little empirical evidence exists regarding IT assets' business value. In light of this paucity, this paper makes several contributions to IS research and practice. First, it advances the BVIT literature by empirically testing a model that traces a path from IT assets through IT-enabled resources to firm performance. Second, it extends the BVIT and resource-based view (RBV) literatures by explicating and testing the impact of a firm's external environment on its IT-enabled resources. Third, it builds on recent literature to argue for, and test, two distinct forms of firm-level outcome: operational and strategic benefits. Finally, the paper contributes to managers' and IS practitioners' knowledge by demonstrating the transformative capacity of IT assets on the strategic potential of organizational resources. Empirically, the paper develops and employs valid and reliable scales to test the research model using survey data on IT-enabled customer service departments. The findings demonstrate that when an IT asset is combined with an organizational resource, the extent of synergy borne out of the resulting relationship can positively impact the strategic potential of the ensuing IT-enabled resource. This IT-enabled resource, in turn, is positively associated with firm-level benefits. Further, the external environment is shown to exert a positive effect on the strategic potential of outside-in IT-enabled resources. In sum, this paper offers several important conceptual and empirical contributions to a stream of research that is at the core of the IS discipline. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Knowledge risks in organizational networks: An exploratory frameworkPeter Trkman | Kevin C. Desouza
Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 1-17
In a networked environment, it is essential for organizations to share knowledge among themselves if they want to achieve the global objectives such as collaborative innovation and increased effectiveness and efficiency of operations. However, sharing knowledge is not risk-free. An organization might lose its competitive edge if it shares too much or certain key knowledge. In addition, an organization might suffer if its intellectual property is improperly handled by its business partners. While the literature has touted the value of knowledge sharing within networks, there is a conspicuous absence of studies examining the risks of sharing knowledge. To address this gap, we develop an exploratory framework that categorizes knowledge-sharing risks across multiple dimensions. Such a framework is a structured approach to knowledge risk management and complements the practice-based approach to knowledge risk management that is presented in (Marabelli and Newell, this issue). Our framework outlines the various kinds of knowledge risks that organizations are facing. We use a combination of knowledge-based and transaction cost theories to show how knowledge risk impacts knowledge transfer among entities in the network, the whole network, and the risk mitigation options. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Knowledge management in supply chain: An empirical study from FranceKarine Evrard Samuel | Marie Lyne Goury | Angappa Gunasekaran | Alain Spalanzani
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 283-306
Supply chain management has assumed a leading operations strategy position in both manufacturing and service industries, and over the past 10 years companies have seriously implemented supply chain management strategies in their organizations. Knowledge management (KM) is a major enabler of supply chain management, and is a critical element in information intensive and multi-cultured enterprise environments. Realizing the importance of knowledge management in supply chain (SC), an attempt has been made in this paper to propose a conceptual framework for KM in SC and to validate the framework with help of an empirical study conducted with French companies. Finally, a summary of findings and conclusions is presented for KM in SC. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Green projects: An information drives analysis of four casesRichard T. Watson | Marie Claude Boudreau | Adela J. Chen | Héctor Hito Sepúlveda
Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2011, Pages 55-62
An analysis of four transportation systems (Vélib, Zipcar, ERP Singapore, and Transantiago) shows the strategic value of creating a symbiotic relationship between physical and informational systems in order to increase the convenience and patronage of these systems. The four information drives (ubiquity, uniqueness, unison, and universality) are extended to a physical setting and used to report the key characteristics of each system from both a physical and informational perspective. The article argues that the traditional customer orientation to determining systems requirements may fail to create the breakthrough systems designs that are required to reduce society's climate harming emissions. Rather, we need an innovation orientation based on understanding consumers' fundamental physical and informational needs. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
'Orchestrating' sustainable crowdsourcing: A characterisation of solver brokeragesJoseph Feller | Patrick Finnegan | Jeremy Hayes | Philip O'Reilly
Volume 21, Issue 3, September 2012, Pages 216-232
Exemplars of open innovation have revealed that intellectual property (IP) need not only be sourced through existing hierarchical or market relationships. Rather IP can be acquired from individuals and firms with whom an organization has no prior relationship. In such cases, an intermediary, operating as an innovation exchange or brokerage, frequently facilitates the development and acquisition of IP. This paper examines one type of innovation intermediary, the 'Solver Brokerage,' which enables innovation exchanges between organizations and unknown external firms and individuals (i.e. a crowdsourcing process). While the commercial success of Solver Brokerages indicates the potency of arguments concerning the potential of crowdsourcing, little is known about the operation of such brokerages or the crowdsourcing processes that they enable. This paper examines extant research on innovation networks, crowdsourcing, and electronic marketplaces to identify three processes (knowledge mobility, appropriability and stability) that we argue are necessary to 'orchestrate' crowdsourcing. Using a field study of four Solver Brokerages, an innovation seeking organization, as well as 15 innovation providers (i.e. members of the 'crowd'), the paper illustrates the ways in which the three orchestration processes are enhanced in Solver Brokerages. It reveals that while knowledge mobility and appropriability processes can be enhanced by activities under the control of the Solver Brokerage, stability is largely determined by innovation seeking organizations and the innovation providers. The paper concludes that broker-provided value-added 'orchestration' services need to enable knowledge mobility and appropriability, and to ensure that 'unsuccessful' innovation seekers and providers appropriate sufficient value to participate again. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Drivers, barriers and critical success factors for ERPII implementation in supply chains: A critical analysisS. C L Koh | A. Gunasekaran | T. Goodman
Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 385-402
This paper reviews existing literature to determine the drivers of and barriers to Enterprise Resource Planning II (ERPII) implementation. The ERPII literature is then extended through interviews with potential players in ERPII implementations to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) or preconditions required for successful implementation throughout supply chains. These interviews were conducted with leading ERP vendors/consultants and organisations involved in the entire supply chain to gather evidence on the success, or lack thereof, of ERPII implementations. The results were compared and contrasted to existing literature on ERPII, collaborative networks, and the extended enterprise. We found more barriers to than drivers of successful ERPII implementation. This leads prospective implementers to have a pessimistic forecast for ERPII implementation success. Our research reveals that main reason for this negativity is a general lack of understanding and appreciation of the capabilities of the extended enterprise network. Second, the research presents two sets of CSFs: CSFs which apply to traditional ERP and carry forward to apply to ERPII, and CSFs that are tailored to the new needs for successful ERPII implementations. Finally, the research questions the suitability of ERPII in today's modern business environment, and suggests that technology may have overtaken management's capabilities to capture the full benefits of such an advanced enterprise system. Future trends in ERPII development are also considered in an attempt to find the next phase in the enterprise system life cycle. Beyond ERPII, the research suggests that infrastructure such as large-scale business intelligence (BI) systems must be heavily incorporated into modern enterprise systems to fully understand how information flows throughout an organisation and to make sense of that information. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Analyzing the impact of HRIS implementations on HR personnel's job satisfaction and turnover intentionChristian Maier | Sven Laumer | Andreas Eckhardt | Tim Weitzel
Volume 22, Issue 3, September 2013, Pages 193-207
An in-depth case of an e-Recruiting system implementation is used while focusing on the level of Human Resource (HR) employees to research unintended consequences during the implementation of Human Resources Information Systems (HRISs). We develop a model that integrates the belief and attitude component of the technology acceptance literature with work-related consequences. We provide evidence for an indirect effect of attitudes toward the HRIS on turnover intention that is fully mediated by job satisfaction. Our results contribute to the literature on systems implementations and technology adoption by suggesting work-related outcomes as important additional success variables. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
An empirical investigation of the relationship of IS strategy with firm performanceDorothy E. Leidner | Janice Lo | David Preston
Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 419-437
Given the important impact that an IS strategy has on the potential value IS brings to an organization, we develop and test a model of IS Strategy and Firm Performance. Our survey-based study provides strong evidence that firms with defined IS strategies (either IS Innovator or IS Conservative) perform better than those without defined IS strategies. Organizations without a clearly defined IS strategy actually experienced a negative relationship with firm performance. These organizations should realize the potentially negative outcomes of such a lack of strategy and work to extricate themselves before a consistent pattern of investing in IS without clear organizational benefit develops. Furthermore, the study suggests that the IS Innovator strategy is, in particular, associated with more superior firm performance than the IS Conservative strategy under conditions of environmental dynamism. Organizational leaders need to consider the external environments under which their organizations are operating and evaluate the influence those environments may have on their IS strategy's ability to impact performance. Post hoc analysis results also reveal a fourth potential IS strategy, one that strives for ambidexterity. Ambidextrous firms were found to be associated with the most superior performance, leading to a potential extension of the existing IS strategy typology and a call for future research. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Value conflicts for information security managementKarin Hedström | Ella Kolkowska | Fredrik Karlsson | J. P. Allen
Volume 20, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 373-384
A business's information is one of its most important assets, making the protection of information a strategic issue. In this paper, we investigate the tension between information security policies and information security practice through longitudinal case studies at two health care facilities. The management of information security is traditionally informed by a control-based compliance model, which assumes that human behavior needs to be controlled and regulated. We propose a different theoretical model: the value-based compliance model, assuming that multiple forms of rationality are employed in organizational actions at one time, causing potential value conflicts. This has strong strategic implications for the management of information security. We believe health care situations can be better managed using the assumptions of a value-based compliance model. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Knowledge risks in organizational networks: The practice perspectiveMarco Marabelli | Sue Newell
Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 18-30
This commentary paper aims to highlight issues associated with the supposed ability to transfer knowledge across networks. In response to the paper "Risks in Organizational Networks: An Exploratory Framework", (Trkman and Desouza, this issue, pp. XXX-XXX), we argue that the taken-for-granted assumption that knowledge is transferrable represents a risk in itself. We analyze knowledge in networks using a practice perspective - in turn we consider knowledge as enacted in social practices and as context-specific. In contrast with Trkman and Desouza's paper, we argue that if knowledge is seen as enacted in practice, a framework that maps risks associated with knowledge transfer is limiting. We conclude that, since knowing in practice is emergent and not fully controllable, adopting a set of best practices on how to effectively transfer (or not) knowledge could itself be risky for managers who then believe that knowledge can be treated as a commodity and easily moved about a network. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Strategic information systems: Reflections and prospectivesRobert D. Galliers | Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa | Yolande E. Chan | Kalle Lyytinen
Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 85-90
B2B integration in global supply chains: An identification of technical integration scenariosPetra Schubert | Christine Legner
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 250-267
The competitiveness of businesses is increasingly dependent on their electronic networks with customers, suppliers, and partners. While the strategic and operational impact of external integration and IOS adoption has been extensively studied, much less attention has been paid to the organizational and technical design of electronic relationships. The objective of our longitudinal research project is the development of a framework for understanding and explaining B2B integration. Drawing on existing literature and empirical cases we present a reference model (a classification scheme for B2B Integration). The reference model comprises technical, organizational, and institutional levels to reflect the multiple facets of B2B integration. In this paper we investigate the current state of electronic collaboration in global supply chains focussing on the technical view. Using an in-depth case analysis we identify five integration scenarios. In the subsequent confirmatory phase of the research we analyse 112 real-world company cases to validate these five integration scenarios. Our research advances and deepens existing studies by developing a B2B reference model, which reflects the current state of practice and is independent of specific implementation technologies. In the next stage of the research the emerging reference model will be extended to create an assessment model for analysing the maturity level of a given company in a specific supply chain. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Our lovely light and airy two bedroom apartment is in the very sought after location of north La Mata just a six minute walk to the beach and has a stunning view of the sea. In the well maintained grounds is the large communal pool (unheated) which has controlled access so it is completely safe and secure giving peace of mind for your family. There is a lift servicing our apartment making it ideal for those needing a little help getting around and street parking directly outside and close by the apartment.
We are centrally situated with many good bars (some with internet access), restaurants and a pharmacy on our doorstep. There are two good supermarkets and hire car companies a short walk away. Less than a kilometre away is a tenpin bowling venue, shopping centre, more restaurants and bars and the Torrevieja Aqua Park. We are also on a bus route with regular buses going into cosmopolitan Torrevieja town centre and quieter La Mata for just €1.30 (may have increased?).
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|Double Beds (1), Single Beds (3), Cots available (1), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 5
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Building and pool area very secure. Apartment block and pool area well maintained. There is on street parking.
The Costa Blanca is one of the sunniest parts of Southern Europe and the region gets more than 3000 hours of sunshine each year .the area falls into 3 main regions - Benidorm in the North, Alicante in the centre and Murcia to the south. There are many beach areas but a different Costa Blanca when you venture away from the coast from Medieval villages, renaissance towns and steep mountains often topped by ruined Moorish castles.
Costa Blanca has been a favourite resort for years, its climate was recently declared to be the healthiest in the world, and the area has plenty of attractions from the nightclubs of Benidorm to the watersports of Torrevieja.
Beach less than 6 minute walk down hill but an easy 35-40 minute walk along the boardwalk to La Mata beach. Torrevieja town is just a 10 minute bus ride with the stop right outside the apartment.
Many local markets within walking distance or a bus ride. If you hire a car there are many other lovely beaches and towns to visit.


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You need to always check for parking signs
An arrow on a parking sign will point in the direction of restricted parking. If a sign doesn't have an arrow, or there are two arrows pointed in opposite directions, it means the whole street is affected by the parking restriction.
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