List of Figures

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Chapter 1: Information Technology and the Internationalization of the Firm

Figure 1: Three Categories of Inhibitors to Internationalization.

Chapter 4: A Contigency Theory for Online Consumer Retention: The Role of Online Shopping Habit

Figure 1: The Research Model.

Figure 2: Main Effects Model.

Figure 3: Interaction Model.

Chapter 5: Software and Culture: Beyond the Internationalization of the Interface

Figure 1: User Interface Localization.

Figure 2: Internationalization of Software Produced in Culture A.

Figure 3: Business Logic Localization.

Figure 4: Culturalization of Software Produced in Culture A.

Chapter 6: Culture, Information Technology Choice and Empowerment: Revisiting the Interplay

Figure 1: Cultural Context, IT Choice and Empowerment.

Figure 2: Index for each of Hofstede's (1980) Cultural Dimensions.

Chapter 7: Using a GSS to Support Virtual Team-Building: A Theoretical Framework

Figure 1: A Conceptual Team-Building Framework.

Chapter 8: An Exploratory Study and Design of Cross-Cultural Impact of Information Systems Managers' Performance, Job Satisfaction and Managerial Value

Figure 1: Performance of IS Managers.

Figure 2: Research Design for the Isolation of Cultural Influences from Other Variables.

Chapter 9: STP Technology and Global Financial Market: An Assessment Framework and a Case Study

Figure 1: Trading Processes and Participation Parties Under STP Umbrella.

Figure 2: A Theoretical Framework for STP.

Chapter 10: Evolutionary Stages of E-Tailers and Retailers: Firm Value Determinants Model

Figure 1: Sales and Profits Over the Product Life Cycle.

Figure 2: Stages of Venture Growth.

Figure 3: Stages by the Firm Value Determinant Model.

Figure 4: Dynamic Behaviors of e-Tailers and Retailers.

Chapter 11: Fundamental Risk Factors in Deploying IT/IS Projects in Omani Government Organisations

Figure 1: A Summary of Contingent Variables Affecting IS Deployment.

Chapter 12: Legislation Systems Project: An Ethnographic Case Study of Computerisation and the Production of Legislation in Tasmania, Australia

Figure 1: Insert/Omit and Strikethrough/Underline Styles.

Chapter 13: Adoption of Electronic Data Interchange in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Figure 1: Research Model.

Chapter 14: How Can We Enhance Member Participation in Virtual Communities?

Figure 1: Four Requirements of a Virtual Community.

Figure 2: Research Model.

Figure 3: Path Estimates of Structural Model (N=240).

Figure 4: Path Estimates of Detailed Structural Model (N=240).

Figure 5: Path Estimates of Non-Profit Community (N=120).

Figure 6: Path Estimates of Profit-Oriented Community (N=120).

Chapter 15: The Role of Inter-Organizational Trust in B2B E-Commerce

Figure 1: Conceptual Model of Inter-Organizational-Trust in E-Commerce Participation.

Figure 2: Contextual Rich Picture of the Four Sites.

Figure 3: Model of Inter-Organizational Trust within Inter-Organizational Dyads in E-Commerce Participation.

Chapter 16: Perceptions and Attitudes About eCommerce Development in China: An Exploratory Study

Figure 1: Research Model.

Chapter 17: A Comparative Analysis of Major ERP Life Cycle Implementation, Management and Support Issues in Queensland Government

Figure 1: Distribution of Issues Across the 10 Major Issue Categories.

Figure 2: Strategic and Operational Personnel Mean Scores on 38 Sub-Issues.

Chapter 18: Relationship of Some Organizational Factors to Information Systems Effectiveness: A Contingency Analysis of Egyptian Data

Figure 1: Research Model.

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