Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 2

Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 2

Copyright: © 2003 |Pages: 335

ISBN13: 9781591400646|ISBN10: 1591400643|EISBN13: 9781591401018

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-064-6

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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).

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Chapters

Global Themes

Chapter 1

Structural Influences on Global E-Commerce Activity (pages 1-13)

M. Lynne Markus, Christina Soh

An important line of research on global information management examines the effects of national culture on information technology (IT) development, operations, management, and use. This chapter argues that global information...

Chapter 2

Beyond Models of National Culture in Information Systems Research (pages 14-29)

Michael D. Myers, Felix B. Tan

Many IS scholars argue that global organizations need to understand cultural differences if they are to successfully deploy information technology. We agree that an understanding of cultural differences is important, but suggest that...

Chapter 3

Inquiry into Definitions of Culture in IT Studies (pages 30-48)

Mark Srite, Detmar Straub, Karen Loch, Roberto Evaristo, Elena Karahanna

In reviewing the history of the conceptualization and measurement of “culture,” one quickly realizes that there is wide-ranging and contradictory scholarly opinion about which values, norms, and beliefs should be measured to...

Chapter 4

Methodological Issues in MIS Cross-Cultural Research (pages 49-61)

Elena Karahanna, Roberto Evaristo, Mark Srite

This paper presents a discussion of methodological issues that are relevant and idiosyncratic to cross-cultural research. One characteristic that typifies cross-cultural studies is their comparative nature, i.e., they involve a...

Chapter 5

The Role of Virtual Multicultural Teams in Corporate Culture (pages 62-86)

Amira El Guindi, Sherif Kamel

Information and communication technologies are impacting today’s organizations and businesses in many diverse ways. The implications are perceived at the individual, organizational, and national levels. The old accustomed-to...

Chapter 6

Lines of Advance in Global Information Technology Management: American/West European Approach (pages 87-111)

Ana R. del Aguila, Sebastián Bruque, Antonio Padilla

During the last decades, numerous theoretical frameworks have been developed in the field of general management. Each theoretical framework has proved useful to explain specific questions about the structure, processes, or...

Chapter 7

Alternative Delivery Mechanisms in Distance Education (pages 112-124)

M. Gordon Hunter, Peter Carr

Technology is providing a positive impact on delivery mechanisms employed in distance education at the university level. Some institutions are incorporating distance education as a way to extend the classroom. Other institutions are...

Chapter 8

New Challenges in Privacy Protection (pages 125-140)

Lech J. Janczewski

The protection of privacy is a function of many variables: culture, politics, and point of view. Practically all countries have introduced laws regulating these problems. Terrorist attacks culminating with the destruction of the...

Regional Perspectives

Chapter 9

Transfer of Information Technology to the Arab World: A Test of Cultural Influence Modeling (pages 141-172)

Detmar W. Straub, Karen D. Loch, Carole E. Hill

The complex societal beliefs and values of the Arab world provide a rich setting to examine the hypothesized influence of culture on information technology transfer (ITT). Two research questions arise in this context: (1) Do cultural...

Chapter 10

The IS/IT Outsourcing Phenomenon in the Public Sector of a Developing Country: An Exploration of Critical Issues (pages 173-206)

Abdulwahed Moh. Khalfan, Tom G. Gough

This chapter presents an overview of a national case study exploring the IS/IT outsourcing phenomenon in the public sector of a developing country. The study is empirically based and provides a logical extension to earlier research...

Chapter 11

Intangible Determinants in the Introduction and Development of Information Technology: Mediterranean Evidence (pages 207-224)

Ana R. del Aguila, Sebastián Bruque, Antonio Padilla

In a global and highly competitive context, the human-machine interaction re-emerges as an important topic of research among IS academics and practitioners. In this chapter, we propose an empirical analysis applied to the...

Chapter 12

An Overview of the Diffusion of Advanced Techniques (pages 225-250)

Davood Askarany

This chapter addresses a variety of factors influencing the diffusion of advanced techniques in organizations with particular reference to advanced cost and management accounting practices. Having identified almost all of influencing...

Chapter 13

Critical Strategies for Information Systems Development Projects: Perceptions of Developers from the United States and Japan (pages 251-267)

Chung S. Kim, Dane K. Peterson

This study investigated the perceptions of information systems (IS) developers from the United States and Japan with regards to the relative importance of 18 strategies that prior research has indicated are important for the...

Chapter 14

The State of Teledensity Diffusion in Least Developed Countries: A Review of the Literature (pages 268-292)

Victor W.A. Mbarika

This chapter reviews research from academic and major international organizational literature to examine and synthesize the current understanding of teledensity development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The obstacles to the...

Chapter 15

Information and Communication Technology in Singapore: Lessons for Developing Nations on the Role of Government (pages 293-311)

Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) hold great potential for promoting socioeconomic development in many developing countries. ICT has not significantly percolated down the economic value chain in these countries for...

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