Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems

✍ Scribed by Miltiadis D. Lytras, Miltiadis D. Lytras, Patricia Ordonez de Pablos

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 351
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Today, the information systems (IS) discipline faces new challenges. Emerging technologies as well as matured approaches for the social, technical, and developmental role of IS provide a new context for the evolution of the discipline over the next few years.

Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems communicates the challenges and opportunities that information systems research is dealing with today while promoting cutting-edge research on how current IS support is creating the critical backbone for the knowledge society. This book is an essential reference for policy makers, government officers, academicians, and practitioners thirsty for knowledge on IS and IT beyond traditional textbooks.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 15
Measuring and Reporting Technological Capital in Companies......Page 18
Revisiting Agility to Conceptualize Information Systems Agility......Page 36
Global Understanding Environment: Applying Semantic and Agent Technologies to Industrial Automation......Page 72
Targeting E-Commerce to Chinese Audiences and Markets: Managing Cultural and Regional Challenges......Page 105
Enterprise Resource Planning System: Issues and Implementation......Page 119
A Secure Characteristics of Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks......Page 132
A Survey on Approaches to Adaptation on the Web......Page 153
A Personalized Portal on the Basis of Semantic Models and Rules......Page 170
British Consumers' Attitudes and Acceptance of Mobile Advertising......Page 182
Determinants of ERP Implementations: An Empirical Study in Spanish Companies......Page 197
Technology-Related Privacy Concerns: An Emerging Challenge......Page 225
Fear of Flying and Virtual Environments: An Introductory Review......Page 238
A Context-Based Approach for Supporting Knowledge Work with Semantic Portals......Page 248
A Survey of Web Service......Page 271
User Relevance Feedback in Semantic Information Retrieval......Page 287
A Preliminary Study toward Wireless Integration of Patient Information System......Page 299
Compilation of References......Page 314
About the Contributors......Page 342
Index......Page 348