Global Information Technology and Electronic Commerce : Issues for the New Millennium

by Palvia, Prashant; Palvia, Shailendra; Roche, Edward M.

• ISBN13: 9780964838239
• ISBN10: 0964838230
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Ivy League Pub

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
SECTION 1: GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT	1	(84)
Global Information Technology Management Environment: Representative World Issues	2	(26)
Prashant C. Palvia
Shailendra C. Jain Palvia
James E. Whitworth
Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor: An Experiment in Employing Information and Communication Technologies for National Development	28	(25)
Roger W. Harris
E-Commerce and the Information Environment in an Emerging Economy: Russia at the Turn of the Century	53	(20)
Elia V. Chepaitis
IT on the Arctic Circle-A Regional Survival Game	73	(12)
Jaana Kuula
SECTION 2: GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT	85	(129)
Carpe Diem or Wag the Dog? - Avoiding Bad Decisions on the Road to Globalization	86	(14)
Edward M. Roche
Strategic Applications of Information Technology in Global Business: The ``GLITS'' Model and an Instrument	100	(20)
Prashant C. Palvia
IT Strategy in International Supply Chain Management	120	(18)
Barry Shore
Reengineering Global Business Processes: Challenges and Issues	138	(23)
Choton Basu
Prashant C. Palvia
Cultural Asymmetries between Headquarters and Foreign Subsidiaries and Their Consequence on the Integrative Role of Information Technology	161	(17)
Barry Shore
Challenges in Transborder Data Flow	178	(12)
Effy Oz
Competencies, Capabilities and Information Technology: Analyzing Resources for Competitive Advantage in Russia	190	(24)
Kalle Kangas
SECTION 3: GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE	214	(97)
Global e-Commerce: An Examination of Issues Related to Advertising and Intermediation	215	(40)
Shailendra Palvia
Vijay Vemuri
The Role of Culture in Global Electronic Commerce	255	(20)
Michelle L. Kaarst-Brown
J. Roberto Evaristo
A Framework for the Management of Global e-Business in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises	275	(19)
Emmanuel O. Tetteh
Janice M. Burn
E-Commerce and Community Tourism	294	(17)
David Mason
Simon Milne
SECTION 4: GLOBAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION	311	(119)
Strategies for Global Information Systems Development: A Critical Analysis	312	(20)
Murad Akmanligil
Prashant Palvia
Emerging Best Practices in Global Systems Development	332	(24)
Brian D. Janz
Nicholas P. Vitalari
James C. Wetherbe
Global Software Teams: A Framework for Managerial Problems and Solutions	356	(14)
Erran Carmel
The Design of Information Systems for the International Firm: A Grounded Theory of Some Critical Issues	370	(23)
Hans Lehmann
Successful Implementation of ERP Systems for Multinationals: Using Control and Coordination Artifacts	393	(15)
Steven John Simon
Developing Global Executive Information Systems	408	(22)
Anil Kumar
Prashant Palvia
SECTION 5: GLOBAL SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING	430	(33)
Key Influence Factors and Issues in Global IT Outsourcing Management	431	(16)
Ned Kumar
Prashant Palvia
Location Economics and Global Software Development Centers	447	(16)
Hemant K Jain
Jaeki Song
SECTION 6: GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS	463	(40)
Control and Coordination of Information Systems in Multinational Corporations	464	(16)
Madhu T. Rao
Carol V. Brown
William Perkins
Global Information Technology Infrastructure for Transnational Corporations: Developing, Deploing, and Maintaining	480	(23)
Subhash (Sam) S. Valanju
Hemant Jain
About the Authors	503	(7)
Glossary	510	(9)
Index	519