Managing Information Technology In Small Business
Challenges and Solutions
Published on 1. July 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
367 pages
978-1-930708-35-8 (ISBN)
Description
In many countries, small businesses comprise over 95% of the proportion of private businesses and approximately half of the private workforce, with information technology being used in over 90% of these businesses. As a result, governments worldwide are placing increasing importance upon the success of small business enterpreneurs and are providing increased resources to support this emphasis. Managing Information Technology in Small Business: Challanges and Solutions presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, Internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hershey
United States
Publishing group
IGI Global
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
897 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-930708-35-8 (9781930708358)
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Stephen Burgess has research and teaching interests that include the use of ICTs in small businesses (particularly in the tourism field), the strategic use of ICTs and B2C electronic commerce. He completed his PhD in the School of Information Management and Systems at Monash University. His thesis was in the area of small business interactions with customers via the Internet. He has received a number of competitive research grants in these areas. He has completed several studies related to Website features in small businesses and the functions of Websites over time. He has recently edited two books and special edition of journals in topics related to the use of ICTs in small business and been track chair at the ISOneWorld, IRMA, Conf-IRM and ACIS conferences in this area.