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Key to success in IS -- Quality and usefulness, not user satisfaction, says current management insig
01-05-2007 · EurekAlert!A study focusing on information systems says that quality and usefulness trump user satisfaction in the quest for success. The findings are the subject of a paper in the Management Insights section of the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).
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- Key to success in IS -- Quality and usefulness, not user satisfaction, says Management Insights
01-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
A study focusing on information systems says that quality and usefulness trump user satisfaction in the quest for success. The findings are the subject of a paper in the Management Insights section of the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).
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- SIM and Professor Luftman release 2007 CIO Survey data
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05-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Report highlights progress toward ecosystem sustainability in fish management
07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- U of M study says good times, investor optimism encourages fraud in the corporate sector
07-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
Although it seems counterintuitive to predict increasing fraud in a healthy, booming economic market, a new theoretical paper just published in the July issue of the Review of Financial Studies explores that scenario and identifies other key factors that contribute to the probability of fraud in different market and business cycles. The study was conducted by professors Andrew Winton, Paul Povel and Rajdeep Singh at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.
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- Chronic disease management quality improvement efforts yield better care delivery
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- Telling the likes apart
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