Investigations reveal that the failure rate of e-governance projects in developing countries is between 35% and 50% whereby, 35% is classified as a total failure and 50% is considered a partial failure. Furthermore, previous e-governance frameworks lack reliable project discipline to deliver e-governance systems effectively to stakeholders for further exploits. This is one of the major reasons why e-governance projects fail to deliver the expected value to the citizenry and thereby, negatively impacting on socio-economic development. The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for benchmarking e-governance projects for socio-economic development in developing countries. The Design Science Research methodology was relied upon for the purpose of the study in order to answer its various research questions. Preliminary research investigations led to the identification of a range of critical success factors necessary for effective and efficient delivery of an e-governance project that fulfils expectations throughout the project lifecycle. Further investigations demonstrated that the foregoing critical success factors represent crucial and effective mechanisms for performing project assurance in the ambit of Monitoring and Evaluation. A generic framework for benchmarking e-governance projects was proposed. Further evaluation and validation exercises were undertaken on the framework through a survey involving a comprehensive sample of participants recruited from the Ghana ecosystem, a country considered a developing country. Experts who had comprehensive knowledge of challenges experienced when engaging in e-governance projects were also recruited from the international community as additional respondents in the survey. The study used a combination of simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Simple random sampling method was used to select 19 practising project managers, while purposive sampling method was employed to include e-governance experts in academic and research institutions as well as non-governmental organizations, with valuable insights concerning the research questions being addressed. The data collected was analysed using thematic analysis, and Pearson Chi-square test. The outcome of the evaluation and validation exercises produced an improved framework of which an appropriate prototyped proof of concept was developed for the purpose of enabling e-governance project stakeholders to perform project quality assurance throughout its lifecycle. Such as prototype, if implemented in real-life will go a long way in addressing many challenges faced in the entire e-governance project value chain from a prioritization, learning, cost, quality, time and impact perspectives. The overall outcome of this study showed that despite the reality that the failure rate of e-governance projects remains high in developing countries, there is strong evidence indicating that the aforementioned situation could be circumvented. The research found that success is achievable by embarking on a rigorous process of monitoring and evaluation based on well-defined performance metrics that embody time, quality, budget and scope. As such, the significant minimization of the failure rate of e-governance projects in developing countries would become reality provided that sound monitoring and evaluation are performed in all phases of the project even after its deployment. / Information Science / Ph. D. (Information Systems)

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近年來有關企業策略及產業演進之研究，隨著組織內外環境互動之增加，而逐漸受到 相當的重視。有關企業策略之研究，一般偏向於公司個體作為之剖析；而有關產業演 進之研究，則多採整體覯察之方式進行；本研究試圖同時以個體微觀與整體巨觀之方 式，對兩者間互動關係進行探討。有關產業演進之理論根據，係以哈佛大學教授波特 （Porter. １９８０）有關產業分析與演進之論著為主，並參考吳思華教授之「產業 政策與企業策略」；有關企業策略之文獻則以司徒達賢教授之「企業政策」及策略形 態理論為骨架，旁及國內外學術期刊中有關競爭策略之論著。由於研究範圍相當廣泛 ，且重點在於建立自有之理論架構，故研究方法係自理論之研討與實務之觀察同時並 進，著重於資料之蒐集、分析、比對，並以專家請教、團體研討、腦力激盪等方式來 產生創造性思考，以獲致架構性結論。研究內容係以電視機及個人電腦產業為對象， 分別觀察其國內外產業演進之歷史軌跡，以生命週期循環之觀念劃分其演進階段，並 歸納呇階段之產業特色、關鍵性成功因素、以及變遷訊號；而另一方面亦透過專家請 教及次級資料之蒐集，來瞭解國內外主要廠商在產業演進各階段之策略性作為，以及 其策略成效。研究結果發現不同產業之演進型態有所差異，而不同階段中有著不同的 關鍵性成功因素；就企業而言，策略形態之決策係受外在環境、內在條件以及企業目 標組合之影響，當功能性政策及組織結構與策略形態配合良好時，可以產生策略效率 ，使企業之策略作為有所涵意，然而，此項策略涵意必須能配合業滿足產業階段性關 鍵成功因素，才能產生實質的策略效果，而達成企業績效。最成功的企業，能夠在環 境變化實際發生以前偵測到變化訊號，予以正確之解釋與推論，並且預先調整本身策 略形態以為因應；而未能敏感於內外變動，且無策略調整以為因應之企業，其生存成 長將受到嚴重威脅。

ERP系統是目前相當熱門的資訊科技，應用的層面很廣，不僅各大企業已經相繼實施，就連中小企業也可以選擇較為精簡的版本導入。而企業實施ERP系統，不可能一次就全部導入實施所有的模組，這樣做不管在費用上或者是在時程上的安排都是不可行的，因此企業常常會先實施某些跟企業核心競爭力有關的模組，而生產模組就常常是企業首次導入的模組之一，因此本研究的重心就是生產模組。 本研究針對企業的實際需求來找出現行ERP系統在生產模組的不足之處以及國內企業實施ERP系統時，在生產策略規劃這方面有那些地方是需要注意的。很多企業都實施了不錯的模組，為何成效卻不好？到底是出現了何種問題？本研究將從策略規劃、IT架構與ERP運作這三個構面來尋找企業實施ERP的關鍵成功因素，希望企業能夠在實施ERP系統時能掌握到這些因素，發揮ERP系統的效能，提昇企業的競爭力。 本研究將關鍵成功因素分成三大構面，是以生產模組為例。研究架構分成策略規劃(這邊所提到的策略規劃偏重於生產策略規劃)、IT架構與ERP運作這三個研究構面，三個構面雖是分開羅列，但是彼此之間卻是密切相關，互相影響。每個構面又有數個關鍵成功因素，這些關鍵成功因素就是本研究所要探討的研究變數。 本研究採用個案研究法，研究對象是一家製帽公司。本研究除了深入訪談個案公司的人員之外，也訪問了協助個案公司建置ERP系統的資訊公司人員。在深入訪談之外，本研究閱讀了ERP實施過程的相關資料文件，並且實地觀察ERP系統生產模組的運作過程，藉以能夠更深入了解個案公司。在個案公司研究完畢之後，對個案公司提出幾點建議，這些建議分成四個部分來說明，並發現幾個可供思考的問題與方向。 本研究經過個案研究之後，初步篩選出九個關鍵因素，經過探討之後將九個因素整合成六個因素，使其更具普遍性，適合更多的製造業公司。另外本研究從企業策略、ERP建置以及IT架構這三個層面來說明企業實施ERP系統需要注意、掌握的幾個重點。企業要設法去掌握關鍵成功因素，去除會導致失敗的原因，如此才能達到成功的目標。最後本研究針對企業實施ERP系統(本研究的重心是在生產模組)的過程提出幾點建議，並且列出幾個後續研究方向。

商業上的大趨勢（megatrend）一直是學者專家所研究的對象，因為它影響著企業如何競爭與為消費者創造價值。近年來，由於全球化與新興經濟體所帶來的環境衝擊與自然資源的競爭，迫使商業開始出現本質上的改變。本研究以里仁公司為例，深入研究日益蓬勃發展的社會企業如何因運時勢而生，及其如何運用獨特的經營模式來為消費者以及農友創造價值，以達到經濟、社會與環境的三重盈餘。 本研究採用文獻回顧分析結合非結構式的訪談，與里仁公司的總經理、公關部進行數十小時的溝通與意見交流，以分析歸納出里仁公司的經營模式與關鍵成功因素。里仁公司的成立目的是推廣台灣的有機農業與慈心食品 ，讓消費者有健康的飲食，提升台灣農民的競爭力同時保育環境。里仁公司為佛教徒所創立，其研習的經典「菩提道次第廣論」為組織的思想與價值觀，指導著組織上下的行為法則，形塑出強勢的企業文化。因此相較於一般企業，里仁公司的組織成員目標與組織目標整合程度較高，而由此衍生出來的成功關鍵有三，一為宗教背景帶來的組織整合能力，二為慈心事業利用社會資本所創造的綜效帶來供應鏈的緊密關係，三為里仁公司的創新與研發能力。 里仁公司的成功，有賴於高度的組織認同與組織獨特經營模式的相輔相成，對於里仁公司而言，能夠落實佛法才是事業的意義。因此在面臨市場需求大的組織成長壓力，里仁公司仍堅定步伐讓員工慢慢從佛法內化學習起，因其不以利益擴張為考量，即便組織成長趨緩可能會影響獲取規模經濟的優勢。從經營模式來看，社會資本的大量運用與模式中各個環結串連的流暢性是里仁模式成功的關鍵，慈心事業的各組織分別在供應鏈上扮演著資源的媒合者來把上游供應商、消費者與里仁公司緊緊串連，供應商與消費者亦同時成為組織社會資本的一部分，帶入更多的人來認識里仁與新的消費力量。 里仁公司藉由提供有機與慈心食品給消費者，同時幫助台灣的農民在走向外銷之路上更具有競爭力，盈餘則贊助兩個股東基金會的生命成長營隊、校園蔬食及種樹護地球等讓促進社會健康與改善環境的活動。目前台灣有機農業已逐漸發展成熟，里仁公司已開始邁向新的策略—結合環境保育與有機農業，期望能讓台灣重要的環境保育區、集水區上游有乾淨的水質與土壤，並利用環境保育商標來凝聚消費者對這塊土地的重視。 對於此經營模式如何複製與擴充，作者認為整合經營模式中利害關係人需求間的交換機制以及善用經營模式的可複製元素是成功關鍵。在個案公司的例子中是將佛家以人為本的普世價值形成強組織文化，將供應商、消費者的需求與供給能夠透過組織力量的媒合進行更有效率的交換。強組織文化在此種商業模式的應用上不可或缺，其為累積社會資本的一大關鍵。另外則是運用社會資本產生一回饋系統。 / Business megatrend has always been an important research target, as it influences on how enterprises compete and create value for their customers. In recnt years, globalization and emerging economies bring environmental impact and competition for natural resources, forcing fundamental and persistant shift in how companies compete. In this research, Leesen Company is used as a case of a social enterprise to illustrate how it creates and utilizes social capital to grow and sustain its business, which provides a reference for social entrepreneurs and researchers to develop new business model that achieves the so called triple bottom lines. Systematic paper review combined with 26 hours of low-structured interview with CEO and director of public relations in Leezen Company, this study aims to summarize and analyze the business model and key success factors. Leezen Company is built for promoting organic agriculture and non-toxic food, trying to make healthy food available for all consumers in Taiwan. Founded by a Buddhist, Leezen company is guided by the Buddhist Sutra “Lamrim Chenmo”, which deeply influences employees’ thoughts and core value. This, in tern, results in higher integration of goals between organization and employees compared to other organization. Key success factors are as follows: Highly coordinated and integrated coporate culture formed through buddsim generates great synergy in supply chain of Tzu-Xin conglomerates, where Leezen Company belongs to, and gains great trust from consumers. Also, the innovation and R&D in food technology created by its persistence in doing the right thing strengthens its competitive advantage in in organic argiculture and non-toxic food. Through providing organic and non-toxic food, Leezen Company creates a healthier environment for consumers and bolsters competitiveness of Taiwanese farmers to sale argicultural product abroad. Revenue goes to sponsor various activities that benefit our mind, health and environment of two shareholder foundations. As the organic industry become more mature these days, Leezen Company starts to adopt a new strategy of combining environmental protection and organic agriculture, expecting to replace traditional agriculture in conseravation aeras and upstream reservoirs. Also, it develops an environmental protection trademark for food grown in those areas, trying to arouse the awareness of more people. The key to replicate and expand this business model lies in how the organization can integrate and exchange its stakeholders’ needs, also how it can make good use of its replicable factors in the business model. In this case, Buddhism shapes strong organizational culture, which increases the efficiency of mediating the needs between suppliers and customers, accumulating its social capital. Further, social capital creates feedback system which makes the business model self-sufficient.