Advanced Topics in Global Information Management includes original material concerned with all aspects of global information management in three areas: Global Information Systems in Business Functions, Information Technology in Specific Regions of the World, and Management of Global Information Resources and Applications. The focus of volume two is to disseminate the evolving knowledge in these three broad categories while examining a variety of aspects of global information management.
*Note: This book is part of a new series entitled "Advanced Topics in Global Information Management". This book is Volume Two within this series (Vol. II, 2003).
This book is the second in a series of books on advance topics in global information management (GIM). GIM research continues to progress, with some scholars pushing the boundaries of thinking and others challenging the status quo.
For the benefit of readers not familiar with the topic area, let’s define what global information management research is. GIM research can be broadly considered to be of two types — one that is global and the other regional. GIM is a field of study that examines the development, implementation, management, and use of information systems (IS) in a global/ international context; for example, cultural differences and their impact on various aspects of IS deployment, global sourcing/supply chain management, virtual teams in a multicultural setting, and global e-commerce issues. At the same time, GIM research deals with management, technological and IS use issues in a single- or multi-country organizational environment; for example, IS project experiences in US and Australian organizations, Information Technology (IT) transfer and diffusion in the Arab world, and the role of the government in Singapore’s IT success.
Topics of study in GIM research continue to be highly diverse. It is hoped that Volume II will continue to advance our understanding of the field with a selection of research papers on a wide range of GIM topics. As with the first volume, Volume II is organized into two sections — global themes and regional perspectives.