Igor Pihir

University of Zagreb Faculty of Organization and Informatics

The influence of digital technologies and various technological solutions on the usual organizational activities is unstoppable. Recent research shows that bookkeeping agencies have not remained immune to changes brought by technological progress through the phenomenon of digital transformation. Building on the aforementioned, this research seeks t...

Background Innovating how organisations run their business is a strategic decision to create more value for customers using or consuming the product and/or service provided. In addition to the incentive of everybody embracing digital transformation, digital technologies, and digital innovation, which frame changes of operating business models today...

Digital Transformation (DTr) is a contemporary and emerging paradigm that enables organizations “to jump”, with the use of modern technology and shift in mind a "new way of thinking", in such a way that a new business model is established and/or new value is added to products/services, and/or processes are changed to foster a new way of doing busin...

Suvremeni maloprodajni sustavi koji se realiziraju putem web-a imaju nekoliko novih značajki koje nisu obilježje klasične maloprodaje na licu mjesta, kao što su: informiranje kupca o značajkama robe u ponudi putem web-a, sigurna dostava robe na lokaciju kupca uz naplatu, dodatni popust kod kupovine putem web-a i sl. Fokus ovog rada je na analizi pr...

It is reported that open data (OD) leads to transparency, citizen participation, cooperation, growth of the economy and public service. The open data ecosystem is described as a network of interactions between stakeholders involved in data processing, application development, privacy protection, security, and usage. The paper's main objective is to...

ICT-driven innovations affect all sectors of economy and society where trends like adaptability, remote workforce, augmented reality/virtual reality, internet of things, smart machines and artificial intelligence run the core of digital transformation of every aspect of a business. This article introduces the measurement instrument that was created...

Industries will sooner or later succumb to digital transformation (DT) and the agricultural sector is no exception. The aim of this paper is to (i) gain insights into readiness for performing DT initiatives in the agricultural sector based on several case studies and (ii) further test the applicability, coverage and appropriateness of a data collec...

This paper is a continuation of the research into the issue of digital transformation (DT) of bookkeeping agencies (BA) by improving e-business systems based on application of web services (WS). WS allows clients 24/7 online access to their business data stored in the BA database, thus greatly contributing to the efficiency of BA. The research of t...

Suvremeni maloprodajni sustavi koji se realiziraju putem web-a imaju nekoliko novih značajki koje nisu obilježje klasične maloprodaje na licu mjesta, kao što su: informiranje kupca o značajkama robe u ponudi putem web-a, sigurna dostava robe na lokaciju kupca uz naplatu, dodatni popust kod kupovine putem web-a i sl. Fokus ovog rada je na analizi pr...

Background: Complexity of the digital transformation (Digital Transformation) paradigm and its relation to the fourth technological revolution face companies with serious challenges when it comes to keeping up with the competition or becoming a leader in operating industries. Objectives: The goal of our research is to systematize, analyse and evalu...

Technological and business changes as a result of digital transformation are introduced in new business models. Available data has become the core of interactions in digital business due to its unlimited amount. The digital world has shaped a culture of interaction based on data, and digital transformation leaders are expected to create innovative...

Podkožni mikročipi v zadnjem času postajajo realnost in ne več znanstvena fantastika. Uporabljajo se na različnih področjih, za različne namene in so vedno bolj razširjeni. Prispevek predstavlja primerjavo rezultatov mednarodno izvedene ankete, s katero smo želeli ugotoviti, v kakšen namen in pod kakšnimi pogoji bi si bili posamezniki pripravljeni...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are designed to support operational processes in the organization and ensure more efficient and quality business performance. Although the ERP implementation is a demanding project, it is well known that organizations investing in ERP systems, achieve many benefits. In current business trends, ERP systems...

Digital transformation and continuous scientific and technological progress allows for increased efficiency in agriculture, animal husbandry, as well as faster and safer food distribution. Monitoring digital maturity is important. It allows us to understand the current state and outcomes of digital transformation. It also facilitates the creation o...

Digital transformation (DT), as one of the contemporary paradigms, means a radical change in the way of doing business and is motivated through the need to adapt to the digital age. Organizations try to add or create new value for their customers by innovating existing or developing new business models and designing new products and/or services, im...

Digital transformation is an emerging trend in developing the way how the work is being done, and it is present in the private and public sector, in all industries and fields of work. Smart cities, as one of the concepts related to digital transformation, is usually seen as a matter of local governments, as it is their responsibility to ensure a be...

Digital transformation (DT) introduces strategy-oriented and customer-centric changes, based on innovative usage of emerging information and communication technology (ICT), to implement improved or new processes in modern organizations. This paper provides insights into academic publishing trends and offers an analysis of scientific fields in which...

ICT-driven innovations affect all sectors of economy and society where trends like adaptability, remote workforce, augmented reality/virtual reality, internet of things, smart machines and artificial intelligence run the core of digital transformation of every aspect of a business. This article introduces the measurement instrument that was created...

Digital Transformation (DT), an inevitable and necessary part of today’s organizations lifecycle, is a relevant topic in business circles. Well strategically designed, it provides opportunities for organizations to achieve momentum in their business, thereby increasing organizational efficiency. Digital technologies enable digital transformation wi...

Electronic government implies the use of information and communication technology (ICT) for improving the way public services are provided to all citizens. In order to create an interface, through which citizens can use these services, web portals are developed. The web portal that represents the interface for the use of services intended for citiz...

Business Process Management (BPM) often encompasses process improvements based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Business processes simulation can be used as a tool for estimation of optimization parameters. Commercially available BPM tools in accordance with BPMN 2.0 support have built-in simulation features, which vary in the e...

This paper presents a comparison of the two studies conducted in Slovenian and Croatian micro-enterprises (μE) about the awareness of the cloud computing (CC). We were interested in the issues relating to the characteristics of μE and the latter's use of information and communication technology (ICT) in business processes. Also, the characteristics...

In recent years, the use of public procurement as a tool for promoting innovation has captured the interest of many researchers. However, their research mostly focuses on the impact of public procurement on companies’ innovativeness. This article discusses the findings of available literature on this topic and proposes a model of transferring the c...

Development of fast Internet and constant growth of new information and communication technology brought to expansion of interconnections between modern companies and their business partners through new kind of business integration so called electronic business (e-business). As the new kind of business connection paradigm has been implemented and s...

The introduction of e-government has been a priority for the development of information society in many countries. In order to achieve these goals governmental institutions encourage initiatives for defining e-government strategies and aid the implementation of those strategies by endorsing projects in e-connectivity of the state administration, e-...

Članek predstavlja primerjavo rezultatov dveh raziskav o poznavanju računalništva v oblakih (RO) v slovenskih in hrvaških mikro podjetjih. Raziskava v Sloveniji je bila izvedena leta 2010, raziskavo na Hrvaškem pa smo izvedli dve leti kasneje. Vprašalniki so bili v obeh državah enaki. Zanimala so nas vprašanja v zvezi z lastnostmi mikro podjetij in...

Doctoral studies are specific virtual suborganizations within institutions of higher education with specific research and education activities. They can be seen as complex systems with unique organizational complexity which needs to be explored in order to identify organizational structure and hierarchy, their composition and influence on resource...

This research paper deals with the implementation of modern barcode systems supported by mobile technology. As much as barcoding, has grown to have many applications in retail trade and stores selling consumer goods, there is still space for improvement of business processes in specific business systems. If implemented in the large production syste...

Electronic invoicing (e-invoicing) between companies in Europe is in raise and broader development. Companies that implement this new way of interoperability, information service providers that offers new kind of services and countries that advance their legislation to support electronic interchange of structured electronic invoices, dream about au...

Modern business program applications (BPA) have assumed growingly complex functionality due to ever growing demands for information systems in enterprises. There is an acute problem of how to train direct users – employees, in operating such applications in the shortest time possible, and at minimum cost for the enterprise. Similar problems also ar...

The transition from one ERP system to another is a complex and demanding process for every enterprise, associated with numerous risks and unplanned expenses. This process usually ends and a new information system becomes operational at the beginning of new a business year. Practice shows that many of these projects are ineffective and result in dis...

In developed economies, project management in enterprises is almost inconceivable without the support of dedicated software tools. Over the last decade the way in which project management tasks such as organization, planning and decision-making are executed and supported has evidently evolved. Whereas a decade or so ago scheduling methods including...

Business process modeling tools that support simulation are a powerful means of improving business processes. With a view to avoid the risk of failure and unnecessary costs, current state process models are developed as an alternative to conducting real-world business process modification. Further attempts are made at improving those models. The ai...

Export Date: 2 June 2011, Source: Scopus, Art. No.: 5546330

The influence of certain factors on the organizational components has been in researchers' focus for years, together with their impact on the overall organizational efficiency. Traditional view commonly divided the factors on internal and external ones, which became improper in modern conditions. With contemporary division on structural and context...

Modern business is characterized by the implementation of numerous projects which help companies to achieve some important objectives that can not be successfully fulfilled through their usual operations and processes. Therefore the area of project management (PM) has become a topic of interest for company managers as well as theorists. Successful...

Modern business is characterized by the implementation of numerous projects which help companies to achieve some important objectives that can not be successfully fulfilled through their usual operations and processes. Therefore the area of project management (PM) has become a topic of interest for company managers as well as theorists. Successful...

A significant part of entrepreneurial activity in Croatia is realized through small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which for financial and other reasons contract their operative financial accounting to bookkeeping services. Topic of this article are bookkeeping agencies that do accounting for many business entities, and employ relatively larg...

This article is contribution toward product configuration according to customers preferences, based on data mining of personal computer retail selling. New contributions toward the IT equipment configuration and selling improvement can be provided through the real-time business intelligence usage. It is done by offering products that customer is li...

Contemporary companies do business in constantly changing environment, and trends show that these changes happen faster than before. To succeed in such a surrounding, organizations permanently try to adapt to new conditions by introducing new products, entering new markets, even changing their industry. Some of them have found a solution in becomin...

Information society in general and creating prerequisites for its existence and development in particular are some of the determinants in the development strategy of Croatia. To measure and compare the readiness for and the degree of evolvement of information society in the EU member states, the European Commission has accepted a list of benchmarki...

Considering the ever faster rate of business activities, it is important for each organization to establish a smooth flow of relevant information and coordination of business activities. Nowadays they are almost unimaginable to achieve without using information and communication technology. Project oriented organizations and their effectiveness la...