Network, Smart and Open: Three Keywords for Information Systems Innovation (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, Band 24)

This book presents a collection of original research papers addressing the relationship between information systems (IS) and innovation. “Open”, “Smart” and “Network” are three keywords that are currently guiding information systems (IS) innovation, enhancing IS potentialities and their ability to support decision-making processes. The book discusses the relevance of these three new concepts in connection with technological and organizational innovations (i.e. cloud, smart technologies and networking), and the role they play in the development of accounting and management information systems.

The book’s primary aim is to investigate how these innovations could influence information systems (with a particular focus on accounting and management information systems) by enhancing their information potentialities and improv

The book is based on a selection of the best papers―original double-blind reviewed contributions―presented at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Rita Lamboglia is an Assistant Professor of Corporate Governance and Cost Accounting at the Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, where she also completed her PhD. She has been a visiting fellow at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium and at Université Catholique de Lille, France. Her primary research interests are in information systems, internal control systems and IT audits.

Andrea Cardoni is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Analysis and Business Planning at the Department of Economics, University of Perugia, Italy. He received his PhD in Management Control from the University of Florence, Italy and his current research interests include business strategy, management control, performance analysis and business networking.

Daniela Mancini is a Professor of Accounting Information Systems at the Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, and the Director of the Executive Master in Finance and Management Control at the University of Pisa, Italy. She has authored or co-authored various books and papers on accounting information systems, management control and business networking.