Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems

The advancement of computing and communication technologies have profoundly accelerated the development and deployment of complex enterprise systems, creating an importance in its implementation across corporate and industrial organizations worldwide. The Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems addresses the field of enterprise systems with more breadth and depth than any other resource, covering progressive technologies, leading theories, and advanced applications. Comprising over 25 articles from 47 expert authors from around the globe, this exhaustive collection of highly developed research extends the field of enterprise systems to offer libraries an unrivaled reference.

Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta is currently eminent scholar of management of technology, professor of management information systems, industrial and systems engineering and engineering management at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama. Most recently, he was professor of management, information and communication sciences, and industry and technology at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. He holds a PhD in industrial engineering (with specialization in production management and information systems) from Texas Tech University. Co-author of a textbook in Operations Research, Dr. Gupta serves on the editorial boards of several national and international journals. Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty and Outstanding Researcher awards from Ball State University, he has published numerous papers in such journals as Journal of Management Information Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Operations Research, INFORMS Journal of Computing, Annals of Operations Research, and Mathematics of Operations Research. More recently, he served as a co-editor of several special issues including the Neural Networks in Business of Computers and Operations Research, Semiconductor Wafer Production, special issue of Production Planning and Control, and Design, Building and Evaluation of Intelligent Decision Making Support Systems: Special Issue of Journal of Decision Systems. He co-edited books that included Decision Making Support Systems: Achievements and Challenges for the New Decade and Creating Knowledge-based Healthcare Organizations published by Idea Group Publishing. He is also the coeditor of the book: Managing E-Business published by Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg, Australia and the book: Intelligent Decision-making Support Systems, published by Springer. His current research interests include information security, e-commerce, supply chain management, information and decision technologies, scheduling, planning and control, organizational learning and effectiveness, systems education, knowledge management, and enterprise integration. Dr. Gupta has held elected and appointed positions in several academic and professional societies including the Association for Information Systems, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), and the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA).

Mohammad Abdur Rashid is a Senior Lecturer of Computer, Information and Communications Engineering at Massey University (New Zealand). He received M.Sc.Eng. degree in electronics engineering specializing in engineering cybernetics systems from the Technical University of Wroclaw in 1978 and PhD from the University of Strathclyde, UK in 1986. Dr. Rashid is a co-author of Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities and Challenges. He has publications in international journals and conferences covering his areas of research. His research interests are multimedia communication networks, embedded systems design, network protocols and performance studies; mobile wireless multimedia communication and ERP systems.

<Sushil K. Sharma is currently professor and department chair of Information Systems and Operations Management at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (USA). He co-edited five books that include the Handbook of Research on Information Assurance and Security and Creating Knowledge-based Healthcare Organizations published by IGI Global. He is also the coeditor of the book: Managing E-Business published by Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg (Australia). Dr. Sharma has authored over 100 refereed research papers in many peer-reviewed national and international MIS and management journals, conferences proceedings and books. He serves on editorial boards of several national and international journals and has also edited special issues.