Electronic Globalized Business and Sustainable Development Through IT Management Strategies and Perspectives

The need for the collaboration and exploitation of synergies is crucial in a world where traditional business practices are reconsidered, economic activity is performed in a global context, and new areas of economic development are recognized as the key enablers of wealth and income production. Electronic Globalized Business and Sustainable Development Through IT Management: Strategies and Perspectives provides fresh ideas on how IT and modern management can contribute to societal and economic objectives, and the significant role of IT for global challenges and international collaboration. This book aims to bring together academics, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and government officers to contribute to the debate on sustainable development and strategic management through Information Technology.

Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos is professor in the Department of Business Administration and Accountability, at the Faculty of Economics of The University of Oviedo (Spain). Her teaching and research interests focus on the areas of strategic management, knowledge management, intellectual capital, and China. She serves as Associate Editor of Behaviour and Information Technology journal. Additionally she is Executive Editor of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual and the International Journal of Strategic Change Management. She is Editor of International Journal of Asian Business and Information Technologies.

Miltiadis D. Lytras is a professor in the American College of Greece. His research focuses on semantic web, knowledge management and e-learning, with more than 100 publications in these areas. He has co-edited /co-edits, 25 special issues in International Journals and has authored/[co-]edited 25 books. He is the founder and officer of the Semantic Web and Information Systems Special Interest Group in the Association for Information Systems. He serves as the (Co) Editor in Chief of 12 international journals while he is associate editor or editorial board member in seven more.

Professor Waldemar Karwowski, PhD, DSc, PE is Professor and Chairman, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering at the University of Central Florida, USA. He holds an M.S. in Production Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland, and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University. He was awarded DSc (dr habil.) degree in management science by the State Institute for Organization and Management in Industry, Poland. He also received Honorary Doctorate degrees from three European universities. He is the author or coauthor of over 350 scientific publications, and is Certified Professional Ergonomist (BCPE). Dr. Karwowski was named the J. B. Speed School of Engineering Alumni Scholar for Research, University of Louisville. He served as member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Engineering Societies, and Executive Board of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, D.C.. Dr. Karwowski currently serves on the Committee on Human Systems Integration, National Research Council of the National Academies, USA, and as Editor of the Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing journal, and Editor-in-Chief of Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science journal. He is Past President of the International Ergonomics Association, and Past President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Professor Rongbin W.B. Lee is the Chair Professor and Director of the Knowledge Management Research Centre, of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is currently a council member of the Hong Kong Productivity Council and a member of the assessment panel of the Innovation and Technology Fund of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He established the Knowledge Solution Laboratory, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, and pioneered the research and practice of knowledge management in various organisations in manufacturing, trading, public utilities, various government departments and healthcare. Professor Lee and his team have launched Asia's first online MSc Programme in Knowledge Management. His research interests include manufacturing strategy, knowledge management, organisational learning and intellectual capital-based management.