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The use of new technologies, coupled with the fact that there is an increasing amount of work being done on-line, whether on the Internet, intranets, LANs or other networks, has made extensive...

In a time of constant technological and managerial advancement, firms of the 21st century are faced with an ongoing quest for implementing more effective strategies and methodologies to remain at the...

Emerging Spatial Information Systems and ApplicationsAuthor: Brian N. HiltonPublisher: Idea Group PublishingPublication Date: Oct 31, 2006Number of Pages: 418 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

Emerging Technologies of Augmented Reality: Interfaces and DesignAuthor: Michael HallerPublisher: Idea Group PublishingPublication Date: Jan 10, 2011Number of Pages: 416 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

Empowering Marginal Communities with Information Networking provides valuable insights into the successes and challenges faced by development project implementers around the world. It includes...

Enterprise Information Systems Assurance and System Security: Managerial and Technical Issues brings together authoritative authors to address one of the most pressing challenges in the IT field -...

Enterprise Modeling and Computing with UML bridges two fields that are closely related, but are often studied in isolation: enterprise modeling and information systems modeling. The principal idea is...

This guide offers information relevant to the design of corporate networks and the evaluation of networking equipment. It describes the architecture and standards of switching across the protocol...

Significant research and development advancement has been achieved in enterprise computing, integration, and management. The results of this advancement stimulate the creation of a new class of...

Drawing upon the outcomes of the principal studies of entrepreneurship and innovation, this book develops and explores theoretical constructs and the working concepts of e-entrepreneurship and...

This is about transformation in government and governance due to the information society development. The book provides conceptual clarification of the e-transformation in governance, and presents...

An overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development...

Teaches students of information systems, software engineering, computer science and related areas how to analyze and design information systems using the FOOM methodology. This work provides...

Distance education technology combines communication with educational and intelligent methods to develop software and hardware systems that support learning activities with spatiotemporal...

Fuzzy Databases: Modeling, Design and Implementation focuses on some semantic aspects which have not been studied in previous works and extends the EER model with fuzzy capabilities. The exposed...

This book features a diverse array of GIS applications in crime analysis, from general issues such as GIS as a communication process and inter-jurisdictional data sharing to specific applications in...

This book contains state-of-the-art research studies on the concepts, theory, processes, and real world applications of geographical information systems (GIS) in business. Its chapters are authored...

Interest in e-government, both in industry and in academia, has grown rapidly over the past decade, and continues to grow. Global E-Government: Theory, Applications and Benchmarking is written by...

At this stage, it is very important to monitor and to reflect on the progress of e-commerce research in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to look at the e-commerce phenomenon in SMEs, at...

Global Enterprise Transitions: Managing the Process addresses the importance of information technology management and issues in operating information systems in the global dynamic business...

Global Information Society: Operating Information Systems in a Dynamic Global Business Environment addresses the importance of information technology management and issues in operating information...

This book discusses the business and technical reasons for integrating supply chain systems--Provided by publisher.Author: Yi-Chen LanPublisher: Idea Group PublishingPublication Date: Sep 30,...

Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation presents research from academics and industry experts, covering various aspects of human computer interaction (HCI) Web design from...

People, just like computers, are the main components of any information systems. IT Solutions Series: Humanizing Information Technology: Advice from Experts brings out a variety of views expressed by...

The information revolution has completely transformed the global development approach through innovative utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Specifically, in ICT...

Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. The magnitude of growth in tourism will bring both opportunities and problems to source and destination markets in years to come, especially in the...

In today's complex and dynamic world the need to be informed about what is going on in the environment of the organization is increasing rapidly. To this end, organizations implement a process called...

In the information communication technologies (ICT) field, there is a vacuum among disciplines, as well as between business research and academic studies, due to the rapid development of new...

Technology has always played a decisive role in humanity's progress, although the positive impacts technology has on human development may become tainted by the risks it entails. Information...

This book is disseminates the research results and best practices from researchers and practitioners interested in and working on modelling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies...