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UTU Information Systems Science – ISSR

The focus of the research activities within the institute lies within understanding the utilization of information and communication technology in enterprises and other organizations. The research conducted within the institute covers most of the key areas of information systems. The research activities can be classified into four themes:

Leader of the unit

Timo Leino

Senior Researchers

Tomi Dahlberg Jukka Heikkilä Najmul Islam Jonna Järveläinen Kai Kimppa Eija Koskivaara Timo Leino Hongxiu Li Matti Mäntymäki Markku I. Nurminen Hannu Salmela Reima Suomi

Researchers

Antti Tuomisto Pekka Reijonen

Doctoral Students

Mikko Hallanoro Eeva Heiro Ari Helin Tuomo Helo Juha Kinnunen Jussi Karttunen Timo Kestilä Jani Koskinen Janne Lahtiranta Katja Laitinen Jari Lehtonen Tingting Lin Jani Merikivi Jaana Mäkinen Marko Niemimaa Jussi Nissilä Janne Ohtonen Pasi Ojala Pirjo Rosti Neeraj Sachdeva Juha Sainio Outi Seppä Jorma Sieviläinen Hannu Siikaluoma Olli Sjöblom Nina Suvanto Kimmo Tarkkanen Jose Teixeira Anne-Marie Tuikka Markku Tuomola Xiaoyu Xu

Projects 

4D Space

Innovations in retailing industry program. See http://mide.aalto.fi/4D-Space

Coper

European Regional Development Fund, 2011-2014, co-supported by City of Turku, Logica Inc. and Turku Science Park Inc. See http://workinformatics.utu.fi/eng/research_projects.html

EATku

Enterprise Architecture education workshops for the municipalities of Kaaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Painio, Turku, Health District of Finland Proper, Medbit Ltd.

ICTSTR

Turun seudun IT-strategia; ICT-services co-operation strategy and roadmap for the municipalities of Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Paimio, Turku, Health District of Finland Proper, Medbit Ltd., and University of Turku.

ICT-Portti

European Social Fund, 2008-2011; Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation (2009-2013), co-supported by Trivore Inc., ElanIT Resources, Fujitsu Services, the City of Salo, and numerous companies and organizations. See http://workinformatics.utu.fi/eng/research_projects.html and http://www.ictportti.fi/

OPAL

Process Maturity Modeling (with Outotech Ltd)

SHOK Tivit D2I

(Data to Intelligence) Business modeling and master data management best practices and evaluation, about 40 partners in cosortium. See http://www.datatointelligence.fi/

ULETS

Use and Learning evaluation of Small, Enhanced Touch Screen.

WIUX

Development of user experience evaluation process and methodology for healthcare information systems, Logica Plc.

Publications 

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The latest updated publications:

Sami Hyrynsalmi, Arho Suominen, Marko Seppänen, Differentation within Mobile Ecosystems — The Unspecialized Marketplaces. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Management of Technology, 1–17, International Association of Management of Technology, 2013.

Sami Hyrynsalmi, Arho Suominen, Marko Seppänen, Tuomas Mäkilä, The Relevance of Customer Reviews in the Mobile Application Marketplaces. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Management of Technology, 1–12, International Association of Management of Technology, 2013.

Matti Mäntymäki, A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Continued Social Virtual World Use among Teens: Examining the Moderating Role of Perceived Network Exposure. In: R. H. Jr. Sprague (Ed.), Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 3252–3261, IEEE, 2013.

Marko Niemimaa, Elina Laaksonen, Dan Harnesk, Interpreting Information Security Policy Outcomes: A Frames of Reference Perspective. In: 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 4541–4550, IEEE Computer & Society, 2013.

Ritesh Serene, Eija Koskivaara, Turku Taking Steps Towards Future: Technology Supports Physical Activity. Lampert Academic Publishing, 2012.

Eeva Heiro, Matti Mäntymäki, Managing Medication Information with Electronic Patient Records – A Finnish Clinicians’ Perspective. Heath and Technology 2(2), 113–122, 2012.

A.K.M. Najmul Islam, The Role of Perceived System Quality as Educators’ Motivation to Continue E-learning System Use. AIS Transaction of Human-Computer Interaction 4(1), 25-43, 2012.

Jonna Järveläinen, Information Security and Business Continuity Management in Interorganizational IT Relationships. Information Management & Computer Security 20(5), 332 – 349, 2012.

Reima Suomi, Telework in Finland. Journal of Japan Telework Society 1+(1), 44–47, 2012.

Bo Yang, Ying Liu, Tingting Lin, Operational Capabilities Redeployment in Information Technology Outsourcing: from Chinese Vendor’s Perspective. International Journal of Information Processing and Management 3(2), 98–105, 2012.

A.K.M. Najmul Islam, Matti Mäntymäki, Continuance of Professional Social Networking Sites: A Decomposed Expectation-Confirmation Approach . In: F. George Joey (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, Paper 5, AIS, 2012.

Jonna Järveläinen, “I Wouldn’t Go Back to the Old System”: A Technology Laggard Organization, Resistant Users and System Implementation. In: Gregor Lenart (Ed.), Proceedings of 25th Bled eConference eDependability: Reliable and Trustworthy eStructures, eProcesses, eOperations and eServices for the Future, June 17, 2012 – June 20, 2012; Bled, Slovenia., 394–408, Bled eCommerce Conference, 2012.

Eija Koskivaara, Leena Haanpää, Harri Helajärvi, Raija Laukkanen, Olli J. Heinonen, How Many Steps – Do They Count? Experiments on Pedometer Use. In: Karl-Heinz Krempels, José Cordeiro (Eds.), 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies, ISBN: 978-989-8565-08-2, 1–4, SciTePress – Science and Technology Publications, 2012.

Hongxiu Li, Yong Liu, Predicting and Explaining Use Intention and Purchasing Intention in Online Group Shopping. In: U. Lechner, D. Wigand, A Pucihar (Eds.), eDependability: Reliable and Trustworthy eStructure, eProdesses, eOperations and eServices for the Future, 355–364, AIS eL, 2012.

Hongxiu Li, Yong Liu, Reima Suomi, Exploring the Different Roles of Service Quality, Satisfaction and Perceived Usefulness in Generating WOM in E-Service Context. In: Wilfred V. Huang (Ed.), proceedings of the 11th Wuhan International Conference on E-business, 1–10, AIS eL, 2012.

Yong Liu, Yongqing Yang, Hongxiu Li, A Unified Risk-Benefit Analysis Framework for investigating Mobile Payment Adoption. In: Harry Bouwman (Ed.), 11th International Conference on Mobile Business, 1–12, AIS eL, 2012.

Neeraj Sachdeva, Socio-Psychological Barriers in Assistive Technology Adoption for Totally Blind People. In: Neeraj Sachdeva, Honxiu Li (Eds.), Well-Being in the Information Society, 145–158, Springer, 2012.

Joni Salminen, Jose Teixeira, Critical Assessment of Value Propositions and Marketing of Technology Startups: Evidence from Finland. In: Bostjan Antoncic (Ed.), Proceedings of the ABSRC 2012 (Venice), 89–101, Edukator, 2012.

Olli Sjöblom, Juho Heimonen, Lotta Kauhanen, Veronika Laippala, Heljä Lundgrén-Laine, Laura-Maria Murtola, Tapio Salakoski, Sanna Salanterä, Avoiding Hazards - What Can Health Care Learn from Aviation?. In: Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Annika Luoma, Erica Krook (Eds.), Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, Communications in Computer and Information Science 313, 119–127, Springer, 2012.

Kimmo Tarkkanen, Variation of Work Practices in Technology-Mediated Environment—Knowledge Work Activity Framework Perspective. In: Ralph H. Jr. Sprague (Ed.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (CD-ROM), 3837-3846, IEEE Computer Society, 2012.

Jose Teixeira, Open-Source Technologies Realizing Social Networks: A Multiple Descriptive Case-Study. In: I. Hammouda, B. Lundell, T. Mikkonen, W. Scacchi (Eds.), 8th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2012, Hammamet, Tunisia, September 10-13, 2012, Proceedings, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 378/2012, 250–255, Springer, 2012.

Jose Teixeira, Steering an Open-Source Platform-Based Strategy in a Hybrid Corporation. Enhancing R&D or Organizational Conflicts?. In: D. Bazylevych, O. Lutyi, O. Starostina, N. Butenko (Eds.), Proceedings of Shevchenkivska Vesna 2012: Economics, 98–104, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2012.

Jose Teixeira, Joni Salminen, Open-Source as Enabler of Entrepreneurship Ambitions Among Engineering Students – A Study Involving 20 Finnish Startups. In: Jerker Björkqvist, Mikko-Jussi Laakso, Janne Roslöf, Raija Tuohi, Seppo Virtanen (Eds.), International Conference on Engineering Education 2012 – Proceedings, Research reports 38, 623–629, Turku University of Applied Sciences, 2012.

Bo Yang, Tingting Lin, IT and IS Outsourcing Research in International and Chinese Academia: A Comparative Literature Review. In: Gabriel Ogunmokun, Rony Gabbay, Janelle Rose (Eds.), Managing, Marketing and Financing Organizations in an Era of Economic Uncertainty, 512–523, The Academy of World Business, Marketing, and Management Development, 2012.

Studies on Inequalities in Information Society – Proceedings of the Conference, Well-Being in the Information Society. WIS 2012, TUCS Lecture Notes, TUCS, 2012.