Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 2

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).

Felix B Tan is a Lecturer in Information Systems at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Information Management. He is also the Editor of the ISWorld Net’s EndNote Resources page and Vice President of Research for the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA). His current research interests are in business-IT alignment, global information management, management of IT, national information policy issues and cognitive mapping methods. He recently published two books - one on IT Diffusion in the Asia Pacific and the other on Global IT Cases. Prior to joining The University, he spent 10 years working in IS management and IT management consulting in Singapore and New Zealand.