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Data mesh adoption: A multi-case and multi-method readiness approach
Ramos, Isabel; Santos, Maribel Yasmina; Joshi, Divya; Pratik, SheetalData Warehousing systems have been used to support Business Intelligence applications by ingesting operational data and providing analytical data. As data volume, variety, and velocity increased in Big Data contexts, this data architecture needed to be modernised, and Big Data Warehouses emerged as scalable, high-performance, and highly flexible processing systems capable of handling ever-increasing volumes of ...
Organizational mindfulness to innovation at an organization in the cork sector
Barros, Victor F.A.; Ramos, IsabelPurpose: The purpose of the research described in this paper is to provide empirical evidence pointing to IT artifacts' contribution to organizational mindfulness. Design/methodology/approach: To accomplish the specified aim, the authors studied how a leading company in the cork industry uses a platform to support the innovation process's ideation phase. This case study took two and a half years, and the resear...
Empowering domain experts in developing AI: challenges of bottom-up ML developm...
Thalmann, Stefan; Fomin, Vladislav V.; Ramos, Isabel; Gremsl, Thomas; Mourzine, EugeneRecent trends in AI development, exemplified by innovations like automated machine learning and generative AI, have significantly increased the bottom-up organizational deployment of AI. No- and low-code AI tools empower domain experts to develop AI and thus foster organizational innovation. At the same time, the inherent opaqueness of AI, complemented by the abandonment of requirement to follow rigorous IS dev...
Understanding barriers, enablers, and best practices for creating effective mul...
Relva de Moraes, Caroline; Cunha, Paulo R.; Ramos, IsabelBased on two systematic literature reviews, we contribute to the understanding of multi-generational digital workspaces by consolidating a list of known barriers and enablers in digital workplaces and identifying best practices to mitigate the former and promote the latter. Further, we analyze how these factors are perceived by the different generations X, Y, and Z, which increasingly work together. These findi...
Designing digital workplaces: a four-phase iterative approach with guidelines c...
Relvas Moraes, Caroline; Cunha, Paulo Rupino da; Ramos, IsabelBackground: The current workforce comprises individuals with varied characteristics and work expectations. Consequently, many companies are currently investing resources to design effective work environments with the aim of enhancing their ability to retain top talent. Method: We conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to investigate how organizations can design effective digital workplaces for their wor...
Promoting gender equality at two European universities through structural chang...
Gorbacheva, Elena; Ramos, Isabel[Excerpt] Policies promoting gender equality have existed in the European Union (EU) since the 1950s and for over two decades policy makers have been attempting specifically to address gender inequalities in academic careers (e.g., European Commission, 2019). A diminishing representation of women can be observed as they move up the academic ladder. According to statistics across the 28 EU Member States, in 2016...
Barriers in digital workplaces during COVID-19 lockdowns: a phenomenological lo...
Relvas de Moraes, Caroline; Cunha, Paulo Rupino; Ramos, IsabelWe present a one-year longitudinal phenomenological study that explores how individuals perceived and overcame barriers to remote work during COVID-19 lockdowns. Our study builds upon a previous systematic literature review and utilizes actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze data collected from a survey and two rounds of interviews spaced one year apart. Through this approach, we gain insights into the networks ...
Crowdsourcing: o papel das Instituições de Ensino Superior na construção da men...
Ramos, IsabelAo mesmo tempo que a Humanidade enfrenta problemas de sustentabilidade cada vez mais complexos, são cada vez maiores os recursos à nossa disposição para tirar partido da inteligência distribuída por todo o planeta. Os esforços dos vários países para promover a educação e a economia permitem agora aos indivíduos participarem activamente na inovação empresarial e social, dando respostas mais céleres e diversifica...
Designing digital workplaces for employee engagement: Practical guidelines from...
Moraes, Caroline Relva de; Cunha, Paulo Rupino da; Ramos, IsabelTechnological advancements have enabled a new perspective on the future of work, by bringing about job creation, job destruction, and different ways of work. In the meantime, new generations are becoming the majority of the global workforce. In this context, we performed a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to understand how employees experience the digital workplace. We focused on generations Y (Millennials) a...
Using simulation to leverage digital transformation of SMEs: a European perspec...
Ramos, Isabel; North, Klaus; Thalmann, Stefan; Aramburu, Nekane; Hermann, Andreas; Gräslund, Karin; Barros, Victor Freitas AzeredoDigital transformation is one of the main challenges that SMEs face nowadays. Nevertheless, to a great extent, they lack the necessary capacities and skills to introduce and apply technologies that can support digitalization. As a design science approach, researchers from different European countries have carried out the collaborative research project VOIL to collect and scientifically develop resources and too...