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Service-oriented architecture of environmental information systems to forecast the impacts of natural disasters in South Korea

Euisung Jung (Department of Information Operations and Technology Management, College of Business and Innovation, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA)
Eun Ju Jung (Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, School of Business, George Masion University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA)

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

ISSN: 1741-0398

Article publication date: 16 October 2018

Issue publication date: 31 January 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

While high-quality information is critical in decision-making for environmental issues and assessing the impact of natural disasters, there is a significant lack of research on how environmental information systems (EISs) can be integrated through service-oriented architecture (SOA). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the EISs in South Korea and to propose an SOA to improve the quality of EISs.

Design/methodology/approach

This study follows the design science research methodology proposed by Peffers et al. (2007). A pilot test was conducted with Environmental Impact Assessment Support System (EIASS) end users based on the modified DeLone and McLean’s IS success model to discern the moderating effect of SOA readiness.

Findings

This study proposed a new SOA for the South Korea EIASS; the work processes among EIASS, nationwide EISs and local EISs are also analyzed. Conceptual and hardware SOA for the EIASS were presented. The finding shows that SOA readiness has a significant moderating effect for EIASS end user benefits.

Practical implications

Supply chain managers can exploit GIS-based environmental information, which can be provided by the new EIASS architecture, to estimate the risk of a natural disaster within the geographical region of their supply chain.

Originality/value

This is one of the few studies in the EIS literature that propose an SOA to improve the quality of EIS. In addition, the study remodeled DeLone and McLean’s IS success model to assess the proposed SOA for EAISS and found that the new SOA would be useful for end users.

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Citation

Jung, E. and Jung, E.J. (2019), "Service-oriented architecture of environmental information systems to forecast the impacts of natural disasters in South Korea", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 16-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-03-2015-0022

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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