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E-commerce and the Digital Economy

This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series offers a state-of-the-art survey of information systems research on electronic commerce. Featuring chapters by leading scholars and industry professionals, it provides the framework for understanding the business trends, emerging opportunities, and barriers to overcome in the rapid developments taking place in electronic business and the digital economy. Researchers, students, and practitioners - anyone interested in the current issues and future direction of electronic commerce, especially from the standpoint of information systems and information technology - will find this book to be an authoritative source of cutting-edge information. The volume is divided into four parts: Part I covers the fundamental issues of information technology standards and the transformation of industry structure; Part II focuses on B2B commerce; Part III investigates the management of mobile and IT infrastructure; and Part IV includes trust, security, and legal issues that undergird the success of e-commerce initiatives.

This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series offers a state-of-the-art survey of information systems research on electronic commerce.

Public Policy Making

Process and Principles

This brief text identifies the issues, resources, actors, and institutions involved in public policy making and traces the dynamics of the policymaking process, including the triggering of issue awareness, the emergence of an issue on the public agenda, the formation of a policy commitment, and the implementation process that translates policy into practice. Throughout the text, which has been revised and updated, Gerston brings his analysis to life with abundant examples from the most recent and emblematic cases of public policy making. At the same time, with well-chosen references, he places policy analysis in the context of political science and deftly orients readers to the classics of public policy studies. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.

If there is an underside, or a stealth-like component to the public policy process, it
lies with the process of policy evaluation. So much political capital is directed
toward agenda building, formulation, and (to a lesser extent) implementation of a
public policy that we often overlook the most obvious review questions of all: Did
the new policy attain its stated objectives along the lines of its intentions? What
levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction developed as a result of the new policy?

Budgeting for Public Managers

Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses. Rather than presenting each budgeting concern in mind-numbing detail, the book offers a commonsensical view of public budgeting and its importance to current and future public managers. The text is designed to show readers how managers relate to budgeting and how their actions make a difference in the operation and performance of public organizations. The book covers the historical development of public budgeting, sources of public revenues, revenue management, budgeting processes and formats, operating techniques, politics within public budgeting, and more. "Budgeting for Public Managers" is concise, clearly written, well illustrated, and grounded in the real-world concerns of public managers. Each chapter concludes with a helpful list of additional reading and resources for readers who want to dig deeper into budgeting practice and application.

Benefiting from the authors' many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners, here is a clear, comprehensive, practice-oriented text for public budgeting courses.

Re-inventing Japan

Time, Space, Nation

An intellectual tour de force, Re-Inventing Japan is a major effort to rethink the contours of Japanese history, culture, and nationally.

An intellectual tour de force, Re-Inventing Japan is a major effort to rethink the contours of Japanese history, culture, and nationally.

International Business

A Course on the Essentials

The new and updated edition of this widely-used text is equally useful for undergraduate and graduate students of international business. Its student-friendly format, detailed coverage of classic and timely topics, and extensive use of case studies make it widely adaptable for different level courses, as well as for educators who prefer either a case study or lecture approach. Online instructor materials are available to adopters.

Professor Ajami previously held the position of professor of international
business (with tenure) and director of the International Business Program at the
Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. Prior to joining Raj Soin
College of ...

International Business Research

As more and more companies enter the global business arena, it is critical that they acquire relevant information specific to their industry and the country that they wish to enter. This book explains how to perform accurate, timely, and appropriate research to make informed strategic decisions. The chapters of "International Business Research" follow the overall research process - defining the research problem, explanation of research methodologies, data analysis, report writing and dissemination. The book presents methodologies for most functional areas and can be used as a research tool for the broad international business field. It includes in-chapter learning objectives, exercises, summaries, boxed inserts, and a detailed glossary. In addition, a sample data disk is bound into each copy of the book.

CHAPTER SUMMARY This chapter outlined the research process. The research
process identifies the various steps involved in undertaking international
research. The steps in international research are as follows: preliminary phase,
problem definition, management levels, secondary data collection, primary data
collection, analysis of data, presentation of findings, integration of
recommendations and decision making, and storage and retrieval. The research
process in international ...

Underground Economics

A Decade of Institutionalist Dissent

This collection includes 32 scholarly articles on the development of institutionalist economics in an historical perspective. The author starts off with the Founding Fathers of institutional economics, such as Thorstein Veblen and John R.Commons, and then moves to theory and methodology, contrasting institutionalist with neo-classical economics. Other issues include the rise and significance of corporate capitalism, the role of economic planning, Reaganomics - or trickle-down economics, income distribution and poverty.

This collection includes 32 scholarly articles on the development of institutionalist economics in an historical perspective.

Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management

Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Designed for both students and practitioners, the new edition of this popular text has been thoroughly revised. It incorporates the latest thinking in public administration and nonprofit management. The book integrates both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, and also provides specific instruction in the use of commonly available statistical software programs such as Excel and SPSS. The book is exceptionally well illustrated, with plentiful exhibits, tables, figures, and exercises.

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from data 9. Comparative Reiterative - anawsis for Qualitative data asri'
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documents, ...

Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy

This groundbreaking text provides both theory and strategy for operating in a semiglobal economy in which international businesses must compete in highly globalized and highly localized markets at the same time. Unlike the traditional transnational and matrix corporate models, a semiglobal corporation organizes its operations according to the global/local content of its value propositions rather than according to geographical regions, products, or contribution to the parent company's performance. As an example of a semiglobal corporation, the Honda Motor Company has a global vision when it comes to highly global bundles like car engines, and a local vision when it comes to highly localized car financing and servicing. Designed as a supplementary text for courses in international business, development economics, marketing, and strategic planning, "Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy" raises important challenges to the conventional models of business organization and the competitive strategies that proceed from them.

As has been the case with new shoes, clothes, Barbie dolls, and teenage drinks,
emerging economic trends generate fashion and faddism among business
executives, strategy consultants, and the academic community racing to grasp
their ...

Pervasive Information Systems

Written for both scholars and practitioners, this book provides an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art practices and research opportunities in a new era where information technology resides in everyday objects from cars to clothes to shipping containers.

Abstract: The rise in the number and complexity of pervasive systems is a fact.
Pervasive systems developers need advanced development methods in order to
build better systems in an easy way. Software factories and model-driven ...