Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems

Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems

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Release Date: February, 2009|Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 350
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-222-0
ISBN13: 9781605662220|ISBN10: 1605662224|EISBN13: 9781605662237
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Today, the information systems (IS) discipline faces new challenges. Emerging technologies as well as matured approaches for the social, technical, and developmental role of IS provide a new context for the evolution of the discipline over the next few years.

Emerging Topics and Technologies in Information Systems communicates the challenges and opportunities that information systems research is dealing with today while promoting cutting-edge research on how current IS support is creating the critical backbone for the knowledge society. This book is an essential reference for policy makers, government officers, academicians, and practitioners thirsty for knowledge on IS and IT beyond traditional textbooks.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Approaches to adaptation on the Web
  • Commercialization in information technology
  • Cultural and regional e-commerce
  • Enterprise resource planning system
  • ERP implementations
  • Global understanding environment
  • Information Systems Agility
  • Knowledge work with semantic portals
  • Measuring and reporting technological capital
  • Mobile Advertising
  • Personalized portal
  • Semantic information retrieval
  • Semantic models and rules
  • Technology-related privacy concerns
  • Virtual Environments
  • Web service discovery systems
  • Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
  • Wireless integration of patient information systems
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This book goes beyond the verbalism of wishful thinking and applies modern approaches through emerging technologies like knowledge portals, push/pull technologies, Web 2.0, Semantic Web, adaptive and personalized technologies, metadata and content standards, free and open source software, ubiquitous and pervasive technologies, intelligent agents, content/knowledge management systems and grid technologies, among others.

– Miltiadis D. Lytras, University of Patras, Greece

This book provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities currently at play in the field of information research (IS).

– Book News Inc. (May 2009)
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Miltiadis D. Lytras is an assistant professor in the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department-CEID (University of Patras). 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 (e.g. IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Internet Computing, IEEE Transactions on Education, Computers in Human Behaviour, etc.) and has authored/[co-]edited 12 books [e.g. Open Source for Knowledge and Learning management, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Knowledge Management, Intelligent Learning Infrastructures for Knowledge Intensive Organizations, Semantic Based Information Systems]. He is the founder and officer of the Semantic Web and Information Systems Special Interest Group in the Association for Information Systems (http:// www.sigsemis.org). He serves as the (Co) Editor in Chief of 12 international journals [e.g. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, International Journal on Social and Humanistic Computing, International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, International Journal on Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, International Journal of Electronic Democracy, International Journal of Electronic Banking, International Journal of Electronic Trade] while he is associate editor or editorial board member in seven more.

Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos is a professor in the Department of Business Administration and Accountability in the Faculty of Economics at 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 an Associate Editor for the Behaviour and Information Technology journal. Additionally, she is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital (IJLIC) and the International Journal of Strategic Change Management (IJSCM). She is also Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global’s International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM), as well as editor for a number of IGI Global book publications and full book series.
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