Title:
Issues
for Successful IT Transfer in the Arab World: a Multiple Stakeholder
Perspective
Abstract: Transfer
of information technology (IT) is an increasingly important component
for technological innovation and techno-economic development in the
developing countries now-a-days. Despite the optimistic motives, some
IT transfer projects have reported nil or detrimental impact. This
paper studies the proposition that the perspectives of the stakeholder
groups may have contributed to the IT transfer success. Many
stakeholders’ networks are involved in IT transfer, ranging from
internal to external environments of the organization. These
stakeholders typically have points of consensus, differences and
objectives on a set of common aims. This paper investigates the
importance of multiple stakeholder perspectives in assessing IT
transfer success in the Arab World by applying three rounds of Delphi
survey. It identifies four major stakeholder groups in the context of
IT transfer and highlights the major issues for successful IT transfer
from the identified stakeholders’ perspectives.
Authors: Kahlid
Al-Mabrouk and Jeffrey Soar