Peter Saba

@article{gasmi_2968,

title = {Digital Literacy, Sustainable Development and Radiation Regulation: Policy and Information Systems Implications},

author = {Farid Gasmi and Paul Noumba Um and Laura Recuero Virto and Peter Saba},

url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10796-024-10488-9#citeas},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-05-01},

journal = {Information Systems Frontiers},

abstract = {This paper explores the convergence of development economics, regulatory policies, and public health considerations within the field of Information Systems (IS) research, focusing specifically on 5G and 6G mobile technologies. Despite the widespread deployment of these technologies and their potential health implications, there is a limited understanding in IS literature on why countries adopt varying thresholds for radiation regulation. Our study, analyzing data from 124 countries, uncovered an inverted U-shaped relationship between digital literacy and the rigidity of radiation regulation. This finding reveals that nations with lower digital literacy levels tend to enforce stricter regulations, whereas those with higher literacy levels adopt more relaxed policies. By highlighting how digital literacy, a critical aspect of the digital divide, significantly influences regulatory frameworks in telecommunications, this study contributes to filling the gap in IS research. This under- scores the necessity of informed and transparent regulatory decision making, especially in countries with diverse levels of digital literacy. Calling for a multidisciplinary approach to policy formulation, our work enriches the broader discourse in IS research, underlining the pivotal role of digital literacy in shaping both the access and regulatory landscapes of emerging technologies.},

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@article{saba_2573,

title = {Different IT projects but the same conflicts. Action research during IT deployment},

author = {Peter Saba and Régis Meissonier and Antoine Harfouche},

url = {https://link.springer.com/journal/10796},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-01-01},

journal = {Information Systems Frontiers},

abstract = {Information System (IS) research has overlooked user conflicts in teams among simultaneous or successive Information Technology (IT) projects, leaving a gap in comprehending the potential contagion processes leading to project failure. While IS literature has separately developed theories on conflicts and conflict contagion, we conceptualize a whole theoretic system we call "IT Conflict Contagion" (IT-CC). This theory is used as a driver for a 2-year action research project conducted at a French management consulting firm during the second attempt of its Business Intelligence (BI) tool baptized ?PMT.? While most MIS methods tend to manage conflicts within the boundaries of an IT project, we emphasize the need for a comprehensive understanding of past IT implementations and their impact on subsequent projects despite the different aims, designs, and functionalities of these IT systems. This research calls for IS researchers and practitioners to adopt a holistic conflict management perspective, considering the IT portfolio and the interplay between various IT systems to ensure successful IT implementation.},

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@article{harfouche_1996,

title = {The Recursive Theory of Knowledge Augmentation: Integrating human intuition and knowledge in Artificial Intelligence to augment organizational knowledge},

author = {Antoine Harfouche and Bernard Quinio and Mario Saba and Peter Saba},

url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10796-022-10352-8},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-01},

journal = {Information Systems Frontiers},

volume = {25},

pages = {55-70},

abstract = {Artificial intelligence (AI) has increased the ability of organizations to accumulate tacit and explicit knowledge to inform management decision-making. Despite the hype and popularity of AI, there is a noticeable scarcity of research focusing on AI's potential role in enriching and augmenting organizational knowledge. This paper develops a recursive theory of knowledge augmentation in organizations (the KAM model) based on a synthesis of extant literature and a four-year revised canonical action research project. The project aimed to design and implement a human-centric AI (called Project) to solve the lack of integration of tacit and explicit knowledge in a scientific research center (SRC). To explore the patterns of knowledge augmentation in organizations, this study extends Nonaka's SECI (socialization, externalization, combination, and internali- zation) model by incorporating the human-in-the-loop Informed Artificial Intelligence (IAI) approach. The proposed design offers the possibility to integrate experts' intuition and domain knowledge in AI in an explainable way. The findings show that organizational knowledge can be augmented through a recursive process enabled by the design and implementation of human-in-the-loop IAI. The study has important implications for research and practice.},

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@article{harfouche_2727,

title = {Guest editorial: Cutting-edge technologies for the development of Asian countries},

author = {Antoine Harfouche and Peter Saba and Georges Aoun and Samuel Fosso Wamba},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JABS-04-2022-494/full/html},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-03-01},

journal = {Journal of Asia Business Studies},

volume = {16},

number = {2},

pages = {225-229},

abstract = {Artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Everything, blockchain and Big Data are expected to disrupt public and private sectors in Asian countries. If well implemented, these cutting-edge technologies can promote socioeconomic and ecological developments (Fosso Wamba et al., 2015) and enhance the quality of life (De-Arteaga et al., 2018) in Asian countries. They have the potential to bring great value to Asian countries in terms of reshaping competitive advantages (Akter et al., 2020), improving how organizations respond to disasters (Ofli et al., 2016; Zhou et al., 2018) and emergency (Johnson et al., 2021a), reducing inequalities (Korinek and Stiglitz, 2019), developing new knowledge (Harfouche et al., 2017), improving human health (Guo and Li, 2018; Johnson et al., 2021b; Stone et al., 2018; Wahl et al., 2018), improving education (McCalla, 2004), increasing participation in smart cities (Viale Pereira et al., 2017), reshaping agriculture (Harfouche et al., 2019) and empowering farmers by increasing their economic intelligence (Saba et al., 2018). It can also enhance microfinance and social entrepreneurship (Popkova and Sergi, 2020).

Along with these potential positive impacts, cutting-edge technologies can inevitably have negative consequences. As these technologies were designed in developed countries, they could have been built intentionally or inadvertently with biases. If they were created with a bias or their training data collected from different countries, they could potentially produce biased results in the context of developing countries. This reality could lead to unintended consequences such as increased discrimination and racism, inequalities, low security, reduced privacy, digital divide and lack of national sovereignty.

The special issue tackles the potential impact of cutting-edge technologies in Asia, shedding light on how these technologies are adopted and implemented, and their effects and causes on the strategic, operational and technical levels.},

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@article{saba_1192,

title = {Soigner le mal par le mal : recherche-action sur la technique de l'inoculation pour limiter les résistances à un projet TI},

author = {Peter Saba},

url = {https://www.cairn.info/revue-systemes-d-information-et-management-2020-3-page-87.htm},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

journal = {Systèmes d'Information et Management},

volume = {25},

number = {3},

pages = {87-126},

abstract = {La littérature académique propose un large éventail de méthodes de gestion du changement visant à identifier et réduire les résistances liées aux projets TI. Alors qu'en psychologie et sociologie, l'originalité de la méthode de l'inoculation a su séduire chercheurs comme praticiens, celle-ci n'a été que peu testée dans le domaine des systèmes d'information. Elle postule que de la même manière qu'un individu peut être vacciné contre un virus, il peut également s'autoprémunir d'influences négatives en s'exposant aux arguments avancés par les détracteurs du projet. La réfutation, à cet effet, consiste à fournir des arguments à l'individu pour l'aider à soutenir son attitude et à être capable de rejeter d'autres contre-argumentations à venir. Cette recherche dévoile les résultats d'une recherche-action menée pendant 3 ans auprès d'une société de conseil au sein de laquelle l'implémentation d'un système d'aide à la décision a été associée à de forts comportements de résistance face auxquels la technique de l'inoculation a été expérimentée pour en limiter les effets. Les résultats tendent à confirmer la contribution de ladite méthode sur la préservation des attitudes positives des partisans avec un effet « boomerang » relatif sur les détracteurs.},

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@article{saba_1085,

title = {Hidden facets of IT projects are revealed only after deployment: The case of French agricultural cooperatives},

author = {Mario Saba and Peter Saba and Antoine Harfouche},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ITP-06-2016-0144/full/html},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-02-05},

journal = {Information Technology & People},

volume = {31},

number = {1},

pages = {239-255},

abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to focus on an information technology (IT) deployment project in the specific field of agricultural cooperatives. It also aims to underline the importance of the IT implementation phase, but also the pre-implementation phase.},

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@article{saba_1086,

title = {Using a decision support tool for R&D portfolio management: going beyond initial expectations},

author = {Peter Saba and Stefan Brouwers},

url = {https://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=81041},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-12-01},

journal = {EuroMed Journal of Management},

volume = {1},

number = {3},

pages = {224 - 236},

abstract = {This article studies the way in which a decision support tool (DST) is used by external management consultants in R&D portfolio management assignments. On this basis, this paper investigates a French consulting firm and one of its clients. The findings show that the DST, when used by consultants, tends to legitimise already-made decisions. Furthermore, the tool that defines which project is eligible to the French research tax credit came as a solution to homogenise the different interpretations of multiple consultants working for the same client.},

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@article{saba_1087,

title = {Competitive innovation matrix': a framework for open innovation},

author = {Peter Saba and Mario Saba and André Azouri},

url = {https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=78849},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-08-01},

journal = {EuroMed Journal of Management},

volume = {1},

number = {2},

pages = {149-162},

abstract = {The concept of open innovation encompasses a wide range of external actors that an organisation might need to share and acquire knowledge with. While there is much hype about open innovation, as of yet there is no framework to decide how open innovation might be useful. In our research we cite four theories linked with open innovation. Through the literature analysis, we develop a framework called 'competitive innovation matrix' for using open innovation within project development, at the very start of the process. The framework is to be tested in future empirical research work. We aim to highlight that open innovation, when applied prior to close innovation, would rather shift from being a risk to being an opportunity. In any case, when a firm share its ideas open, it would expect to receive others' ideas as well. Accordingly, we provide an overall framework for employing both open and closed innovation, one that shows how open innovation has clear benefits for sharing problem solving at the initial research phase of the project.},

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