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This study explores the impact of supply chain finance on industrial efficiency and the internal mechanism. The super-efficiency model and quantitative analysis method were used based on the time series data of the ICT industry in Shenzhen from 2005 to 2020. In order to better investigate the impact of supply chain finance on industrial efficiency, this study categorized industrial efficiency into operational efficiency and innovation efficiency to reflect the durability and virtuousness of the industry development. Results indicate that supply chain finance has an inverted U-shaped nonlinear effect on industrial efficiency. Even though the long-term effect on operational efficiency is positive, the effect on innovation efficiency reveals an inverted U-shape, mainly due to the mediating effect of industrial concentration. Theoretically, this study sheds light on the intricate effects of supply chain finance at the industrial level, and also provides valuable insights into the potential inhibition mechanism, which enriches and deepens the related research on the supply chain finance from the nonlinear perspective, make the research findings more consistent with the fact of industrial development and avoid the linear stereotypes of the existing theory consensus. Practically, it is conductive to an objective understanding for managers and policymakers, so that supply chain finance can facilitate both operational and innovation efficiencies and realize the effective integration of supply chain finance and industrial development. Plain Language Summary: The purpose of this study aimed to explore the impact of supply chain finance on industrial efficiency. Authors conducted quantitative analysis based on the time series data of the ICT industry in Shenzhen from 2005 to 2020. In order to better investigate the impact of supply chain finance on industrial efficiency, this study categorized industrial efficiency into operational efficiency and innovation efficiency to reflect the durability and virtuousness of the industry development. Results indicate that supply chain finance can indeed greatly improve industrial efficiency. However, this improvement is more from the perspective of operational efficiency at the industrial operation level. In the long run, excessively developed supply chain finance will lead to excessive concentration on the supply side, and excessively powerful supply chain finance enterprises will also squeeze the survival space of small and medium-sized enterprises in the serviced industry, ultimately causing the entire industry to lose its innovative vitality due to the increased industrial concentration. Theoretically, this study sheds light on the intricate effects of supply chain finance at the industrial level, and also provides valuable insights into the potential inhibition mechanism, avoid the linear stereotypes of the existing theory consensus. Practically, it is conductive to an objective understanding for managers and policymakers to realize the effective integration of supply chain finance and industrial development. This study also encountered limitations from sample range and particularity, which make it faced the challenge of theoretical robustness when extending to traditional industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The services for information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure management (i.e., ICT strategy creation, ICT configuration, ICT incidence management, reengineering) have become an increasingly important and complex processes in nowadays works and as well as in recent educational institutions. The pursuit of the effectiveness of ICT infrastructure management services and the ability to convey information of various profiles in the work of educational institutions requires a wide range of non-homogeneous ICT infrastructure management changes. The article examines the development possibilities of ICT management methodology and service provision tools, which become significant in the work of administration of ICT infrastructure of the educational institution. The application of the proposed methodology ITIL v4 forms a new understanding of value acquired through ICT infrastructure development. An approach of creation of ICT infrastructure and ITIL library was developed and helps in service management processes by having an impact on the training of ICT infrastructure management specialists and the maintaining of the entire ICT infrastructure. An approach includes the inter-operability of using of appropriate computerized, cloud-based systems like National Registers, LITNET online IS, "FreshDesk", etc., which are used for ICT administration processes. The case study under consideration covers the management of the infrastructure of the ICT sector of the secondary education institution, starting with the improvement of the communication network infrastructure, and enabling the specialized development and management of incident management and content delivery tools. The results of ITIL v4 methodology implementation were illustrated by providing the detection and elimination of ICT incidents. The usage of some software packages for automatization of ICT management services as "FreshDesk", LITNET online IS are demonstrated on real working ICT infrastructure of the typical educational institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study focuses on assessing the technical efficiency of enterprises across 63 provinces of Vietnam from 2015 to 2018 and the factors affecting their technical efficiency, in which, we focus on two factors: business diversification and an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) index. In this research, we use the data envelope analysis (DEA) method to group effective and ineffective enterprises, then use the GMM method to estimate the factors affecting the firm's performance. The research results show that the technical efficiency of enterprises in the provinces is quite small (about 10%); most of the enterprises have not achieved technical efficiency due to the wasteful use of input factors. Research shows that business diversification and ICT both have a positive impact on efficiency. Therefore, to increase firm's efficiency, we recommend to consider increasing the level of diversification and increasing the ICT index from the perspective of businesses and local government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study we examine the technical efficiency of commercial banking sector of Pakistan. In recent past Pakistan's commercial banking is making substantial investment and up-gradation in information and communication technology (ICT) in order to keep pace with global banking industry. Due to financial linearization the entry of the foreign banks with advance technology in the commercial banking sector has been increased that inclines other banks to adopt the new technology in order to earn more of market share. To justify the huge investments in computers and related technologies many question arises about the efficiency & productivity growth of the banks due to ICT. Accordingly, this study analyzes the efficiency of a sample of 11 commercial banks for the period 1998 to 2012. Using data envelopment analysis (DEA) we measure the Malmquist productivity index (MPI) to measure total factor productivity (TFP). In this study the time period (1998-2012) has been decomposed into pre-digital reforms (1998-2005) & post-digital reforms (2006-2012) period, in order to compare the efficiency change after the adaptation of IT by commercial banking sector. The variables are selected under intermediation approach. The results show that technical efficiency has been significantly increased in post-digital reform era and as a result TFP has also been boosted. The results show that MCB has consistently scored the highest efficiency & Malmquist TFP scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many people point to information and communications technology (ICT) as the key for understanding the acceleration in productivity in the United States since the mid-1990s. Stories of ICT as a general purpose technology (GPT) suggest that measured total factor productivity (TFP) should rise in ICT-using sectors (reflecting either unobserved accumulation of intangible organizational capital, spillovers, or both), but with a long lag. Contemporaneously, however, investments in ICT may be associated with lower TFP as resources are diverted to reorganization and learning. We find that U.S. industry results are consistent with GPT stories: the acceleration after the mid-1990s was broad-based—located primarily in ICT-using industries rather than ICT-producing industries. Furthermore, industry TFP accelerations in the 2000s are positively correlated with (appropriately weighted) industry ICT capital growth in the 1990s. Indeed, as GPT stories would suggest, after controlling for past ICT investment, industry TFP accelerations are negatively correlated with increases in ICT usage in the 2000s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Can new technology provided by a company to boost productivity cause workers to become addicted? If yes, who's responsible: workers or management? Nada Kakabadse, Gayle Porter and David Vance see an uncharted legal frontier emerging. Is any company prepared? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The role of information technology (IT) has changed from being merely a tool for processing transactions to a weapon that can affect an organization's competitive position. Because of this change, previous organizational structures for IT groups may no longer be adequate. Organizational theorists have shown that the appropriate structure is influenced by the organization's external environment and strategy. This study contributes toward a better understanding of IT organization by exploring the relationship between the organizational structure of IT groups and the effectiveness of IT support in two companies with similar IT environments. Specifically, the study uses: (1) qualitative analysis to examine IT organizational structure in two very similar companies; (2) quantitative analysis to determine which company has more effective IT support; and (3) an expert panel to identify those differences in IT organizational structure that appear to facilitate effective IT support. Several propositions from these findings are presented and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]