Creating business value with information technology challenges and solutions /

Questions on the business value of information technology (IT), which have been raised by managers and researchers for the last decade, are not settled yet. Firms invest in IT to improve their business performance. However, some firms fail to improve their business performance while others succeed....

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Shin, Namchul, 1962-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2003.
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300 # # |a electronic texts (x, 322 p. : ill.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a 1. Investigating the relationship between strategic alignment and information technology business value / Paul Tallon, Kenneth Kraemer -- 2. Information-induced strategic alignment / Ra'ed Shams, Frederick Wheeler -- 3. Inventory productivity impacts of it-enabled supply chain coordination in manufacturing environments / Kristina Setzekorn, Arun Rai, Arlyn Melcher -- 4. Information technology spending association with organizational productivity and performance / Carlos Navarrete, James Pick -- 5. An empirical analysis of productivity gains from information technology's reduction of coordination costs / Namchul Shin -- 6. Information technology spending and the value of the firm / Carlos Navarrete, James Pick -- 7. Creating business value through e-commerce / Jatinder Gupta, Sushil Sharma -- 8. The moral and business value of information technology / Bernd Stahl -- 9. Establishing the business value of network security using analytical hierarchical process / Susan Chinburg, Ramesh Sharda, Mark Weiser -- 10. Increasing business value of communications infrastructure / Bongsik Shin, Daniel Kinsella Jr. -- 11. An optimization model for telecommunication systems / Bahador Ghahramani -- 12. Web initiatives and e-commerce strategy / Ron Craig -- 13. Management's contribution to internet commerce benefit - experiences of online small businesses / Simpson Poon -- 14. Electronic commerce opportunities, challenges and organizational issues for Australian SMEs / Mohini Singh. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a Questions on the business value of information technology (IT), which have been raised by managers and researchers for the last decade, are not settled yet. Firms invest in IT to improve their business performance. However, some firms fail to improve their business performance while others succeed. The overall value of IT varies enormously from firm to firm. Computerization does not automatically create business value, but it is one essential component that should be coupled with organizational changes such as new strategies, new business processes, and new organizational structure. This book aims to solicit the studies that yield significant new insights into the business value of IT. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
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588 # # |a Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on May 25, 2010). 
650 # 0 |a Information technology  |v Case studies.  |x Management 
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650 # 0 |a Strategic planning  |v Case studies. 
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