Ivy League Publishing Managing Global Information Technology: Strategies and Challenges

摘要

Given the rapid advances in global information technology, the editors of this book were inundated by calls from friends and colleagues pleading with them to completely renew the previous book. Significant changes have occurred in the past few years, including: the increasing use of IT by firms in less developed countries, the expanding international supply chains, the pervasiveness of offshoring to distant locations, the burgeoning impact of the Internet and e-commerce, and the emergence of e-government. The new book not only captures the contemporary global IT issues, but also updates the classical issues with new information. It has twenty five chapters divided into five sections. The first section "IT in a Global Context" recognizes that the spread and use of technology has not reached all companies and countries evenly. Digital divide continues to persist. In spite of Thomas Friedman's book "The World is Flat", the roads are still bumpy and not always paved. The other four sections are: Global Strategies and Policies, Integration of Global Systems, Global IS Development and Outsourcing, and E-Commerce and E-Government. Each chapter starts off with a summary followed by a minicase, key terms, and study questions. The minicase and the study questions can be used to further illustrate and apply the concepts presented in the chapter.