Taxonomy of e-readiness assessment measures

Authors:
Payam Hanafizadeh;Mohammad Reza Hanafizadeh;Mohsen Khodabakhshi
Affiliations:
Department of Industrial Management, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Nezami Ganjavi Street, Tavanneer, Valy Asr Avenue, P.O. Box 14155-6476, Tehran, Iran;Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Industrial & System Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
Venue:
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Year:
2009

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Abstract

To benefit from the advantages of information society, on the one hand, and to be afraid of being left further behind by Global Society and the increase in the digital divide, on the other hand, stimulate countries to be part of Global Information Society. These issues have led policymakers to move towards such a society by identifying the objectives, goals and targets. Planning to achieve these objectives needs a real understanding of the current situation, which is obtained by e-readiness assessment measures. There has been a proliferation of e-readiness assessment measures in recent years that each one has a certain objective. This paper elaborates on and categorizes these measures that help scholars and policymakers to (1) select the measures that fit in with their objectives, (2) prevent the repetitive research, (3) identify the defects and flaws of previous measures and correct them in their own measures, and (4) use the experiences of previous measures to construct their own ones. Based on definitions, objectives, dimensions, methods and approaches, in this paper, the measures are categorized and finally, a measure for e-readiness assessment is presented. Since this measure is a convergence of e-readiness assessment measures, the experienced modelers have consensus on it and it is more suitable to measure e-readiness of countries. Also, it can be exploited as the basis and standard for internationally comparable information society statistics.