Information Systems: People, Organizations, Institutions, and Technologies

1 2 D. Avison andS. Conger Wewerehonoredtobeaskedtoopenthe5thConferenceoftheItalianChapterof theAssociationforInformationSystems(ItAIS)inPariswhichtookplaceovertwo daysinDecember2008. Thegoalofthechapteristopromotetheexchangeof ideas,experiences,andknowledgeamongscholarsandprofessionalsengagedin thedevelopment,management,anduseofinformationandcommunicationss- temsandtechnology. Thisconferencewasoneofaround30conferences,consortia andworkshopsthattookplaceimmediatelybeforetheInternationalConferencein InformationSystems(ICIS2008). AsPresidentoftheAISandtheVice-PresidentAISforChaptersandSpecial InterestGroups,wewereparticularlydelightedtoparticipateastheItalianChapter oftheAIShasprovensosuccessful. Howeverwewerenotreadyfortheexcellent attendance and outstanding presentations that are re?ected in this volume that represents the best of the conference. Further, the conference highlighted both researchandpractice. Toooften,conferencesinISdonotevidencetheimpactof research on practice. The conference chairs, Alessandro D’Atri and Domenico ` Sacca,alongwiththeorganizingandprogramcommittees,deserveourgratitude forthesuccessoftheeventandtheexcellenceofthisvolume. TheconferencetracksthatincludedE-ServicesinPublicandPrivateSectors, Governance,MetricsandEconomicsofIT,InformationandKnowledgeMana- ment,ISDevelopmentandDesignMethodologies,ISTheoryandResearchMe- odologies,LegalandethicalaspectsofIS,NewthemesandfrontiersinISStudies, Organizational change and Impact of IT, Human Computer Interaction and the StrategicroleofIS,notonlyprovideacrosssectionofItalianresearchinISbut researchinISmoregenerally. Itiscommonthatourresearchinformsourcla- rooms,andifthisconferenceisanyevidence,ItalianITprogramsshould?ourish. ItisimportantfortheAISthatregionalandcountrygroupsarefosteredandgrow asthishelpstoensurethatthedisciplinedevelopsnewideasandisin?uencedby diverseresearchandscholarshipcontributions. TheItalianchapterisamodelfor 1 PresidentoftheAIS2008–2009,ESSECBusinessSchool,France,avi-son@essec. fr 2 AISVicePresidentSIGsandChapters2007–2010,UniversityofDallas,USA,sconger@aol. com v vi Foreword chaptersuccessandwehopetheItalianchaptercanhelpleadthewayindeveloping regionalgroupsaswell. Inexaminingthisvolume,thereadermightaskwhether thereissomethingdifferentaboutItalianresearchand,moregenerally,research fromtheMediterraneanarea(thereisafourthMediterraneanConferenceinInf- mationSystems(MCIS)inAthensinOctober2009). Thisvolumeofpapersisa goodplacetostartansweringthatquestion. Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 AlessandroD’AtriandDomenicoSacca` PartI E-ServicesinPublicandPrivateSectors InformationTechnology,MarketingandOrganizationalFactor inCorporatee-banking:AQualitativeResearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DanielaPettinao TheRoleofCustomerInvolvementinLibraryE?services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 AdaScupolaandHanneWesthNicolajsen TechnologyasaToolofTransformation:e-Cities andtheRuleofLaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 JohnM. EgerandAndreaMaggipinto UserRealitiesandtheFutureofe-governmentServices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 KonstadinosKutsikosandGerasimosKontos TheUseofWebServicesforInclusiveDecisionProcess: TowardstheEnhancementofe-Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 FrancescaCabiddu TheChallengesofe-governmentEvaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 MaddalenaSorrentino IntegrationofDifferentOrganizationsandStakeholders inE-servicesDesignandImplementation:theCase oftheSpiderCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 MariaChiaraDiGuardoandIoneZuccarello vii viii Contents B2GElectronicInvoicingasEnforcedHighImpact Service:OpenIssues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 PietroLucaAgostiniandRaffaellaNaggi NetworkOutcomeasTriggerfortheEvolutionofaDesign Network:CoordinationProcessesBetweenActors andObjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 FrancescoBoliciandFrancescoVirili GovernanceandOrganizationalAspectsofanExperimental GroupwareintheItalianPublicAdministrationtoSupport Multi-InstitutionalPartnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 NunzioCasalinoandMauroDraoli BusinessProcessModellingWithintheCycleofContinuous Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 LindaPacicco,AurelioRavarini,andFedericoPigni InformationExtractionfromMultimediaDocuments fore-GovernmentApplications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 F. Amato,A. Mazzeo,V. Moscato,andA. Picariello PartII Governance,MetricsandEconomicsofIT OperationsStrategyofSmallSoftwareFirmsUsingOpen SourceSoftware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 BernhardGlatt,AlbertoSillitti,andGiancarloSucci ITValueinPublicAdministrations:AModelProposal fore-Procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 AlessioMariaBracciniandTommasoFederici ValueAssessmentofEnterpriseContentManagement Systems:AProcess-OrientedApproach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 J. vomBrocke,A. Simons,C. Sonnenberg,P. L. Agostini,andA. Zardini AMaintenanceMetricModelforOpenSourceGovernance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 PasqualeArdimento,GiovanniBruno,DaniloCaivano,andMartaCimitile KeyPerformanceIndicatorstoRelateKnowledge GovernancewithKnowledgeProcess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 P. Ardimento,M. T. Baldassarre,M. Cimitile,andG. Mastelloni Contents ix MeasuringDataQualityWhenApplyingDataSwappingand Perturbation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 G. CanforaandC. A. Visaggio VirtualEnterpriseTransactions:ACostModel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 A. D’AtriandA. Motro PartIII InformationandKnowledgeManagement EffectiveStorageofSemanticWebData. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 RobertoDeVirgilio,PierluigiDelNostro,GiorgioGianforme, StefanoPaolozzi,andRiccardoTorlone AReferenceArchitectureforSemanticKnowledge Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 S. Castano,A. Ferrara,andS. Montanelli Service-BasedNetworkedCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 DevisBianchini,ValeriaDeAntonellis,andMicheleMelchiori HowtoExploitDataMiningWithoutBecomingAwareofit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 N. Ciaramella,andA. Albano AMethodologicalApproachtoEnableCooperative ProcessDesignThroughWebServices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 D. Bianchini,C. Cappiello,V. DeAntonellis,andB. Pernici TowardanEffectiveandEf?cientQueryProcessing intheNeP4BProject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .