This article aims to propose a process-based modelling of the Information Systems resistance phenomenon. Accordingly, we wrote a literature review to categorize the main points set forth by the extant scientific texts ...

The importance of complexity to business performance has gained academic and managerial recognition. Knowing how to deal effectively with complexity is a differential for organizations, including temporary ones (projects). ...

This article seeks to analyse the migration trajectory from commercial off-the-shelf and closed source software to open source software in order to establish the critical success/resistance factors associated with the ...

The more organizations invest in information technology (IT), the more the concern with IT personnel management has increased, namely the hiring, training and retaining of IT professionals needed to deal with such investments. ...

The complexity of the projects has increased, boosting the demand in modern project management for new knowledge, tools, techniques and work models. However, the scientific community still seeks a definition for the complex ...

In order to bolster the emerging but still underdeveloped conceptualization of e-government technology transfer, we examine the implementation of a European Patent Management System in Brazil. The case study provided in ...

This paper explores the dynamics of standardization practices associated with patent classification and discusses the technical, legal and policy implications of standard-setting for patent classification. Therefore, this ...

The scope of this article is to describe and analyze the 20 Cents Movement in Brazil that flared up in June 2013, as well as the important role the social network sites played in spreading this unrest nationwide. The ...

Brazil has developed health information and communication technologies (ICT), however, to date health information systems are fragmented and endeavors to integrate them have failed. This work links two theoretical streams ...

Drawing upon the Brazilian experience, this article aims at examining some of the key issues associated with e-government technical cooperation programs designed to enhance the service provision of Patent Offices in ...