Requirements Criteria for Applicable Environmental Scanning Systems: Model Development and First Demonstration
ISBN
978-3-942183-63-5
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-02-29
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Mattfeld, Dirk Christian
Robra-Bissantz, Susanne
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
Especially in turbulent times, environmental scanning systems are an important instrument for supporting managerial decision making. The 2008/2009 economic crisis provided a sustainable impulse for focusing earlier on emerging threats and opportunities. Although a rich body of knowledge exists, concepts remain unused in practice. Most often they lack applicability. This article provides a list of requirements criteria specifying the applicability of environmental scanning systems. It is based on the principle of economic efficiency, uses findings from the absorptive capacity theory and can be applied to both evaluate existing environmental scanning systems and develop a new, more applicable generation than those we researched. We end with evaluating an environmental scanning system of a large, international company.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2012 : Tagungsband der MKWI 2012
Publisher
Gito-Verl.
Publisher place
Berlin
Start page
945
End page
957
Pages
13
Event Title
Multikonferenz der Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2012
Event Location
Braunschweig
Event Date
21.-22.02.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
214470