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Global Information Society: Operating Information Systems in a Dynamic Global Business Environment
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Yi-chen Lan
University of Western Sydney, Australia
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Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Global information society : operating information systems in a dynamic global business
environment / Yi-chen Lan, Editor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59140-306-5 (hc) — ISBN 1-59140-307-3 (sc) — ISBN 1-59140-308-1 (ebook)
1. Information technology—Management. I. Lan, Yi-chen, 1969-
HC79.I55G549 2005
658.4’038’011—dc22
2004023597
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All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in
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Preface ......................................................................................................... v
Yi-chen Lan, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chapter I. The Taxonomy of Information Societies ............................. 1
Andrew S. Targowski, Western Michigan University, USA
Chapter II. Organizational Structure Without Hierarchy in
a Dynamic Global Business Environment ............................................ 2 7
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Chapter III. The Organizational Transformation Process to
Globalization ............................................................................................. 4 2
Magdy K. Serour, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Chapter IV. Transition from Manual to IT-Based Documents
Transacting Business Process: Performance Measurements
System as the Key ................................................................................... 6 6
Parthasarathi Banerjee, NISTADS, India
Chapter V. Global E-Business Alliances:
The Soci-Cultural Perspective, Influence, and Mitigation ............... 9 4
Bhuvan Unhelkar, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chapter VI. Using DSS for Global Competitiveness:
An Effective Information-Based Decision Making Process
in Public Administration ....................................................................... 113
Sherif Kamel, The American University in Cairo,Egypt
Ahmed Zyada, Middlesex University-Regional IT Institute,
Cairo, Egypt
Kern, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Chapter VII. A Proposed Framework for Making
Decisions Dynamically in a Global Organisation .............................. 130
Sokkien Leeane Chhai, University of Western Sydney,
Australia
Yi-chen Lan, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chapter VIII. Decision Support and Data Warehousing:
Challenges of a Global Information Environment ............................ 149
Alexander Anisimov, Ural State Technical University, Russia
Chapter IX. Web Services and Their Impact in Creating a
Paradigm Shift in the Process of Globalization .................................. 167
Bhuvan Unhelkar, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Chapter X. Quantitative Modeling in Introducing and Managing
New Information Technology in Global Business Operations ....... 193
Somnath Mukhopadhyay, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Kallol Bagchi, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Chapter XI. Comprehensive Impact of Mobile Technology on
Business .................................................................................................. 214
Khimji Vaghjiani, K & J Business Solutions, Australia
Jenny Teoh, K & J Business Solutions, Australia
Chapter XII. E-Business in the Global Automotive Industry:
Key Value Propositions ........................................................................ 240
Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman’s University, USA
Lisa Bari Herwick, Purdue University, USA
Ramesh Pullamsetti, Purdue University, USA
Thomas Hegel Gunther, Purdue University, USA
Vanessa Caisan, Purdue University, USA
An Wang, Purdue University, USA
Andrzej Koszut, Purdue University, USA
Chapter XIII. Global Information Systems in the Publishing
Domain: An Experience Report .......................................................... 265
Christopher Payne, John Fairfax Holdings Ltd. Sydney,
Australia
Bhuvan Unhelkar, University of Western Sydney, Australia
About the Authors ................................................................................. 295
Index ........................................................................................................ 301
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