by Hui Chiu-kwong & Tsoi Po-tak. / Questionaire in Chinese and English / Bibliography: leaf 89 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1985

by Leung Ka Ho. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-63). / DISCLAIMER --- p.I / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.II / ABSTRACT --- p.III / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.IV / Chapter CHAPTER I --- FOUNDATIONS --- p.1 / Company Background --- p.1 / The Software Industry and Automate --- p.2 / Automate's 、Business Model - The Virtual Corporation --- p.4 / Distribution Channel Development History in Hong Kong --- p.6 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS --- p.9 / Software Market in General --- p.9 / Internal Rivalry --- p.10 / Entry --- p.11 / Substitutes --- p.12 / Buyer Power --- p.13 / Supplier Power --- p.14 / Automate --- p.15 / Competition and new entrant --- p.16 / Threat of Substitutes --- p.16 / Buyer Power --- p.17 / Supplier Power --- p.18 / Channel - Distributors --- p.18 / Competition and new entrant / Threat of Substitutes --- p.19 / Buyer Power --- p.20 / Supplier Power --- p.20 / Channel Dealers and Resellers --- p.21 / Competition and new entrant --- p.22 / Threat of Substitutes --- p.23 / Buyer Power --- p.23 / Suppl ier Power --- p.23 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- CHANNEL STRUCTURE --- p.25 / The Product Line - A Economic Perspective --- p.25 / Market Structure and Competition --- p.28 / Before 1988 --- p.29 / 1988 -1993 --- p.29 / 1993-1996 --- p.30 / 1996onwards --- p.34 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES --- p.37 / Growth Projections --- p.37 / New Market Challenges --- p.39 / Product Line Extension --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- CHANNEL RESTRUCTURING --- p.42 / Economic Models --- p.42 / Determination of Service Level --- p.45 / Free Riding --- p.47 / Channel Structure --- p.48 / Retail Price Maintenance --- p.49 / Vertical Integration --- p.50 / Distributor's Role --- p.51 / The Problem Child --- p.52 / Cournot Competition Among Distributors --- p.52 / Pricing --- p.54 / Push Pricing Strategy --- p.56 / Pull Pricing Strategy --- p.57 / """Push"" or "" Pull""" --- p.58 / CONCLUSION --- p.61 / REFERENCES --- p.62 / Books --- p.62 / Periodicals --- p.62

Thesis (J.S.D.)--Stanford University, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-182).

Software implementation projects struggle with the delicate balance of low cost, on-time delivery and quality. The methodologies and processes used to create and maintain a quality software system are expensive to deploy and result in long development cycle-time. However, without their deployment into the software implementation life-cycle, a software system will be undependable, unsuccessful. The purpose of this research is to identify a succinct set of software implementation success criteria and assess the key independent constructs, activities, carried out to ensure a successful implementation project. The research will assess the success of a software implementation project as the dependent construct of interest and use the software process model (methodology) as the independent construct. This field research involved three phases: (1) criteria development, (2) data collection, and (3) testing of hypotheses and discriminant analysis. The first phase resulted in the development of the measurement instruments for the independent and dependent constructs. The measurement instrument for the independent construct was representative of the criteria from highly regarded software implementation process models and methodologies, e.g., ISO9000, Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (SEI CMM). The dependent construct was developed from the categories and criteria from the Delone and McLean (1992) MIS List of Success Measures. The data collection and assessment phase employed a field survey research strategy to 80 companies involved in internal software implementation. Both successful and unsuccessful software implementation projects (identified by the Delone/McLean model) participated. Results from 165 projects were collected, 28 unsuccessful and 137 successful. The third phase used ANOVA to test the first 11 hypotheses and employed discriminant analysis for the 12th hypothesis to identify the "best set" of variables, criteria, that discriminate between successful and unsuccessful software implementation projects. Twelve discriminating variables out of 67 were identified and supported as significant discriminators between successful and unsuccessful projects. Three of the 11 constructs were found not to be significant investments for the successful projects.

This thesis describes the development of a body of theory explaining why the principals of Australian software firms have difficulty in changing the organizational structures of their businesses. The need for change is predicated on the view that availability of capital is an essential prerequisite for sustainable growth in Australian software firms and that firm principals, in the main, have not implemented organizational structures preferred by Australian investors. A grounded theory approach is used, drawing upon personal knowledge of the software industry using sense making and self ethnography research methods. Personal knowledge is complemented with data from semi-structured interviews and secondary sources. Concepts developed from the data are related to theoretical and empirical work under the rubric of organization studies. What emerges from the data and the literature is: firstly, the Australian software industry is likely to consist of multiple organizational fields each one of which encompasses a small number of software firms servicing customers in specific vertical markets; secondly, to attract capital the principals of Australian software firms will need to change the structure of their organizations and thirdly, change will be radical and revolutionary in nature and may be difficult to achieve. This thesis contributes to the organizational studies literature by extending existing work to include an analysis of issues use of institutional theory addresses a gap in the present understanding of the manner in which the principals of Australian software firms approach the establishment of structures required of sustainable growing businesses. A future research agenda is presented building upon the findings of this study. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Marilyn Laiken.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, the Faculty of the Graduate School of Business. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-201).

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Information Technology in the Faculty of Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013 / The application of software systems in business organizations continue to increase as the Internet technology grows. Business processes that previously required manual interventions are becoming automated using software systems. The use of software systems is fundamental to electronic processing of business transactions. More business organizations, large and small, are utilizing information technology in order to have competitive advantage in the business arena. Software is ubiquitous. Among areas where software plays core roles are e-Banking where software systems are used to process banking transactions, e-Health where software systems are used to facilitate activities in the health sector, e-Commerce where software systems are used to facilitate online business transactions, e-Government where software system are used to facilitate government activities and e-Learning where software systems are used to facilitate the teaching and learning process. Nevertheless, the large number of failing software projects and the increase in software security problems coupled with shortage of skilled software developers are still major obstacles in the software development industry. Among others, the solution can be achieved by improving the competency of software developers so that software systems developed are of good quality, safe, robust, and support business objectives. Software companies and business organizations stand a big chance to increase their return on investment (ROI), if competencies of software developers are improved. A software developer plays critical roles in software development projects. A software developer, however, requires specific skills and knowledge in order to develop software systems that solve problems and deliver solutions. This research is about competencies of software developers. The research focuses on software development activities performed by software companies and business organizations within the Western Cape Province. The unit of analysis is software developers. Data pertaining to tasks performed by software developers, tools used by software developers and skills required were collected, examined and analysed. The objective of the research is to develop a competency framework for software developers. It can be used by institutions and the industry to provide better education. Most importantly, the industry will have access to competent software developers who can perform their job well. As justified in this research, knowledge of a competency framework for software developers is extremely essential.ÿ