Description
Advanced Topics in Global Information Management is a series of books that examine global information management (GIM), and its research and implications. GIM research continues to progress, with some scholars pushing the boundaries of thinking and others challenging the status quo. Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 5 is a part of this series.
Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 5 discusses how many businesses exist in a global environment. Whether they are large or small companies, they may have suppliers or customers that reside in different geographical locations. The ability to function in this global environment has been facilitated by the use of information technology. Through research projects, this book addresses the ability of both large and small business, and government, from the national level to local level, to function in altered environments by using information technology. In all of these situations, both businesses and governments must be able to function and respond to various stakeholders by adopting the appropriate, and necessary, cultural perspective.
Reviews and Testimonials
Gordan Hunter and Felix Tan continue to pull together excellent and insightful texts which are useful for academics and practitioners alike. The focus on both global and regional themes brings high quality research as well as lessons learned from real-world applications to the reader in a clear and well documented manner.
– William S. Lightfoot, International University of Monaco
Advanced Topics in Global Information Management brings together a divers number of viewpoints by a broad group of information systems academics and practitioners giving a balanced and interesting perspective to the information management subject area.
– Carmine Sellitto, Victoria University, Australia
Author's/Editor's Biography
M. Gordon Hunter (Ed.)
M. Gordon Hunter is Professor of Information Systems in the Faculty of Management at The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Gordon has previously held academic positions at universities in Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He has held visiting positions at universities in Australia, Monaco, Germany, New Zealand, and the U.S. During July and August of 2005 Gordon was a Visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Felix Tan (Ed.)
Felix B Tan is Professor of Information Systems and Chair of Business Information Systems discipline at Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand). He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the
Journal of Global Information Management. He is on the Executive Council and is Fellow of the Information Resources Management Association. He was also on the Council of the Association for Information System between 2003-2005. Dr. Tan’s current research interests are in electronic commerce, global information management, business-IT alignment, and the management of IT. Dr. Tan has published in
MIS Quarterly,
Information & Management,
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,
IEEE Transactions on Personal Communications,
Information Systems Journal,
Journal of Information Technology,
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction,
International Journal of Electronic Commerce, as well as other journals and refereed conference proceedings. Dr. Tan has over 25 years experience in information systems management and consulting with large multinationals, as well as university teaching and research in Singapore, Canada, and New Zealand.