Mahesh S. Raisinghani

The current study aimed to explore the rhetoric situation of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in social media. In this study, the researcher uses the rhetoric situation theory of...

Based on the immense importance of technology acceptance among the teachers and its vital role in education, the current study aims to bridge the theoretical gap by investigating...

Rapid advancements in digital technology have had a significant influence on businesses' websites. Organizations with well-designed websites have the potential of attracting...

Green Information Systems (IS) refers to the use of IS to achieve environmental objectives, whereas green Information Technology (IT) refers to the practice and study of using IT...

The constant changes in technology has posed serious challenges to top management teams, employees, and customers on how to collect, store, and process data for competitive...

IT governance or IT outsourcing both have their own unique benefits but the decision to choose one over other is not always so clear. This chapter examines the impact of...

This chapter examines the threats in cyber security. It identifies the risk of cyber attacks and argues the inability to defend against those threats in a cyber security program....

The goal of this chapter was to study the political strategies utilized in the context of e-learning. The research is based on the e-learning political strategies (ELPoS) model....

This study focuses on the political strategies that are utilized in the context of eLearning. The starting point for this paper is the eLearning Political Strategies (ELPoS)...

The starting point for this paper is the eLearning Political Strategies (ELPoS) model. The model is based on two dimensions: 1) the direction of the political strategy (upward or...

Green Information Systems (IS) refers to the use of IS to achieve environmental objectives, whereas green Information Technology (IT) refers to the practice and study of using IT...

The focus of this article is on how the negotiations between professors and students that are part of the eLearning political process can be interpreted through the prism of game...

This chapter examines the threats in cyber security. It identifies the risk of cyber attacks and argues the inability to defend against those threats in a cyber security program....

The main international IT Service Management processes frameworks (ITIL v2, ISO/IEC 20000, COBIT 4.0, CMMI-SVC, MOF 4.0, and ITUP) include the design of IT services as part of...

The goal of this research is to study the political strategies utilized in the context of e-Learning. The paper is based on the e-Learning Political Strategies (ELPoS) model. The...

The constant changes in technology has posed serious challenges to top management teams, employees, and customers on how to collect, store, and process data for competitive...

The Internet, for many businesses, has become as invaluable as human resources, equipment, and distribution channels. Continued current use and implementation of new Internet...

The goal of this chapter is to study the political strategies utilized in the context of E-Learning. The research is based on the E-Learning Political Strategies (ELPoS) model....

The goal of this research was to study the political strategies utilized in the context of E-Learning. The research is based on the E-Learning Political Strategies (ELPoS) model....

An IT service design process is considered to be a fundamental piece of the seven key international IT Service Management (ITSM) processes frameworks (ITIL v2, ITIL v3 (and ITIL...

The call to integrate web-based and blended tools into the classroom forces educators and researchers to rethink their assumptions about teaching—and education in general....

Students do not have homogeneous learning patterns, their learning styles and preferences vary, their cognitive abilities vary; similarly instructors employ different teaching...

Although web-based technologies have greatly influenced our society, only recently has its impact affected educational practices. Curriculum, Learning, and Teaching Advancements...

There is a rich amount of literature on services from Information Technology (IT) (Management view) and IT System Engineering (ITSE) (Engineering view) domains. However, such a...

There is a vast body of literature that indicates students not having homogeneous learning patterns. Just as the students vary, their learning styles, cognitive abilities, and...

Companies and municipalities worldwide are encouraging bring your own devices (BYOD) such as smartphones to the work environment to enhance communication among all employees, job...

Although Web-based technologies have fundamentally changed human interaction and behavior in many ways, they have not yet had a considerable impact on theory and practice in...

Philosophical paradigms, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies make up the answering and problem solving systems that define current research approaches. While there are...

In this chapter, the authors review the landscape of research methodologies and paradigms available for Information Technology (IT) and Software Engineering (SwE). The aims of...

The Internet is now one of the most popular media outlets for campaigning and elections, and may soon be used for electronic voting. The scope of this paper is to examine the...

The International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) serves as a forum for the improvement of online education for schools and teachers planning to implement...

Immeasurable advances in our culture have led to a more knowledge-based society in recent years. This has impacted individual and organizational learning and how it is delivered...

The article highlights a research study on consumer navigation behavior through the Web users’ optimal Flow experiences in the online environments. The research study establishes...

Service and service systems concepts are fundamental constructs for the development of the emergent SSME, ITSM, and Service Oriented Software (SOS) knowledge streams. A...

There is a vast body of literature that indicates students not having homogeneous learning patterns. Just as the students vary, their learning styles, cognitive abilities, and...

This chapter is focused on some of the current research being conducted in the field of social network theory. The importance of studying the social network concepts is attached...

The framework in our exploratory research has been built upon a deductive study which has been developed through a literature review and synthesis and an exploratory inductive...

There is a rich amount of literature on services from Information Technology (IT) (Management view) and IT System Engineering (ITSE) (Engineering view) domains. However, such a...

Students do not have homogeneous learning patterns, their learning styles and preferences vary, their cognitive abilities vary; similarly instructors employ different teaching...

The Internet is now one of the most popular media outlets for campaigning and elections, and may soon be used for electronic voting. The scope of this paper is to examine the...

The offshore outsourcing of information technology and information systems (IT/IS) is being increasingly practiced among firms that are focusing on core competencies and...

This chapter is focused on some of the current research being conducted in the field of social network theory. The importance of studying the social network concepts is attached...

A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate...

Organizations are implementing IT Service Management (ITSM) and creating quality standards to design, deliver, and manage IT services to meet or exceed an agreed level of...

The offshore outsourcing of information technology and information systems (IT/IS) is being increasingly practiced among firms that are focusing on core competencies and...

The article highlights a research study on consumer navigation behavior through the Web users’ optimal Flowexperiences in the online environments. The research study establishes...

A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate...

This chapter discusses customer relationship management (CRM) as a customer-focused business strategy enhanced by technology that automates and enhances business processes to...

Organizations are implementing IT Service Management (ITSM) and creating quality standards to design, deliver, and manage IT services to meet or exceed an agreed level of...

Service and service systems concepts are fundamental constructs for the development of the emergent SSME, ITSM, and Service Oriented Software (SOS) knowledge streams. A...

Organizations are implementing IT Service Management (ITSM) and creating quality standards to design, deliver, and manage IT services to meet or exceed an agreed level of...

This chapter discusses customer relationship management (CRM) as a customer-focused business strategy enhanced by technology that automates and enhances business processes to...

According to the U.S. Department of Education (1998- 1999), 78% of all four-year public institutions offer distance education courses. According to the same survey, 67% of all...

A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate...

This article is designed to give the reader a balanced perspective on some of the issues surrounding the current discussions related to state and local taxation of Internet...

Agent technology is one of the most widely discussed topics in information systems and computer science literature. New software products are being introduced each day. A growing...

E-government has grown in significance with the growth of the digital age and the global economy; however, at a slower pace. Its impact is pervasive and is evident in the...

People have become accustomed to changes in their environment with every new generation of technology. It is through the shift in technology that people are seeing the world...

A form of fiber-optic communication delivery in which an optical fiber is run directly onto the customers’ premises is called Fiber to the Premises (FTTP). This contrasts with...

Mobile devices are comprised of a multitude of various applications and operating systems that have significantly impacted the way people interact with each other as they go...

A project manager’s role on any project goes far beyond task-related deliverables. Although the project manager must be able to effectively manage goals related to time, scope...

The World Wide Web opened the door for many organizations with international ambitions to go global. Organizations that did not have a global presence or access to international...

The objective of this chapter is to understand the expectations and behaviors of business aviation pilots towards online learning. The authors believe that the company that is...

The article highlights a research study on consumer navigation behavior through the Web users’ optimal Flow experiences in the online environments. The research study establishes...

Today's enterprises are increasingly going global by becoming more distributed, leveraging resource bases in all parts of the world. Whether through offshore relationships...

The operation of information technology and information systems (IT/IS) offshore outsourcing is being increasingly practiced among firms that are focusing on core competencies...

Supply chain comprises the flow of products, information, and money. In traditional supply chain management, business processes are disconnected from stock control and, as a...

A new form of technology is changing the way commerce is being done globally. This article provides an overall description of mobile commerce and examines ways in which the...

Agent technology is one of the most widely discussed topics in information systems and computer science literature. New software products are being introduced each day. A growing...

The business models in the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and their effectiveness have been a major topic of research in the recent years. Due to the variety of existing...

This article is designed to give the reader a balanced perspective on some of the issues surrounding the current discussions related to state and local taxation of Internet...

Voice over IP (VoIP) is the convergence of Internet technology and mobile telephones that offers low-cost voice communication services. It is still in its infancy but has a...

The World Wide Web opened the door for many organizations with international ambitions to go global. Organizations that did not have a global presence or access to international...

This chapter reviews the components of e-business from a procurement perspective in order to explore the key value propositions of e-business practices in the global automotive...

The concept of Knowledge Management concerns the creation of structures that combine the most advanced elements of technological resources and the indispensable input of human...

The revolutionary advent of IT has accelerated the pace of day-to-day office, personal and corporate communication. However, even now, Bangladesh, despite its natural resources...

The offshore outsourcing of information technology and information systems (IT/IS) is being increasingly practiced among firms that are focusing on core competencies and...

This chapter examines briefly the history of warfare, and addresses the likelihood that in the future wars may well be fought, and won or lost not so much by traditional armies...

The business models in the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and their effectiveness have been a major topic of research in the recent years. Due to the variety of existing...

The proliferation of Web-based technologies during the last decade may have given the impression of wide-spread changes in educational practices. In fact, we have only begun to...

Deregulation and liberalization of the telecommunications markets has led to tough international competition. This chapter presents well-established approaches used by large...

German public hospitals face governmental and regulatory pressures to implement efficiency and effectiveness metrics, such as the classification of a Diagnosis Related Groups...

This case traces the dynamic evolution/revolution of an e-commerce entity from concept through first-round venture financing. It details the critical thought processes and...

In less than a decade, the World Wide Web has become popular because of the depth of information it provides and the simplicity of its usage by simple clicks through related and...

The World Wide Web opened the door for many organizations with international ambitions to go global. Organizations that did not have a global presence or access to international...

This chapter discusses the use of mobile, handheld computer devices that are connected wirelessly to a network for business and personal use across people, projects, tasks or...

This Foreword is included in the book Global Enterprise Transitions: Managing the Process.

The purpose of this research is to understand the expectations and behaviors of business aviation pilots toward online learning. The authors believe that the company able to...

The business models in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and their effectiveness have been a major topic of research in recent years. Due to the variety of existing models...

German public hospitals face governmental and regulatory pressures to implement efficiency and effectiveness metrics, such as the classification of a Diagnosis Related Groups...

The concept of Knowledge Management concerns the creation of structures that combine the most advanced elements of technological resources and the indispensable input of human...

Numerous conferences and several articles in scholarly and business journals have tried to get a handle on knowledge. The growth of knowledge consulting organizations signals a...

Information has emerged as an agent of integration and the enabler of new competitiveness for today’s enterprise in the global marketplace. The degree of change in the paradigm...

According to the U.S. Department of Education (1998-1999), 78% of all four-year public institutions offer distance education courses. According to the same survey, 67% of all...

The revolutionary advent of IT has accelerated the pace of day-to-day office, personal and corporate communication. However, even now, Bangladesh, despite its natural resources...

Supply chain comprises the flow of products, information, and money. In traditional supply chain management, business processes are disconnected from stock control and, as a...

Since 1494 with the appearance of the double-entry accounting system, developed by Pacioli, those involved in business have attempted to measure business performance in an...

Agent technology is one of the most widely discussed topics in information systems and computer science literature. New software products are being introduced each day. A growing...

Subscribers had never thought of cable operators as providers of voice services, or telephone companies as providers of television and entertainment services. However, the...

This chapter reviews the components of e-business from a procurement perspective in order to explore the key value propositions of e-business practices in the global automotive...

Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy: Opportunities, Limitations and Risks describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its...

Deregulation and liberalization of the telecommunications markets has led to tough international competition. This paper presents well-established approaches used by large...

This chapter presents a high-level model for employing intelligent agents in business management processes, much like has been successfully accomplished in complex...

Setting the right price has a lot to do with assessing value. Understanding value is a direct result of understanding customers. Intelligent enterprises should use the power of...

The worldwide market for information security services will nearly triple to $21 billion by 2005, up from about $6.7 billion in 2000, according to International Data Corporation....

Measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) of a project is a key element of the IT Governance process. The research in this paper aims to provide an overview of how to calculate...

Telecommunications, the Internet, and mobile computing are merging their technologies to form a new business called mobile commerce or the wireless Internet. As more companies...

The Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO) provides insight into and understanding of the social, cultural, organizational, and cognitive impacts of innovative...

As with any emerging educational endeavor, the quality of instruction and content varies widely, as do the goals and motivations of the students. In this chapter, we look at the...

The primary mission of Cases on Worldwide E-Commerce: Theory in Action is to provide detailed case studies of opportunities and challenges in worldwide e-commerce as the Internet...

Information technology (IT), which has evolved from the merger of computers, telecommunications and office automation technologies, is one of the most rapidly growing industries...

This case traces the dynamic evolution/revolution of an e-commerce entity from concept through first-round venture financing. It details the critical thought processes and...

This chapter is designed to give the reader a balanced perspective on some of the issues surrounding the current discussions related to state and local taxation of Internet...

“The future business culture will be one in which innovation is necessary, learning is constant, organizations need to act collaboratively and work is its own reward…It will not...

Telecommunications Company (TC) [company identity is concealed] produced a sales management application through internal and contract resources. This application, Schedule Graph...

Telecommunications Company (TC) [company identity is concealed] produced a sales management application through internal and contract resources. This application, Schedule Graph...

The concept and philosophy behind supply chain management is to integrate and optimize business processes across all partners in the entire production chain. Since these are not...

Although there is no firm consensus on what constitutes an intelligent agent (or software agent), an intelligent agent, when a new task is delegated by the user, should determine...

This chapter presents a comprehensive model for optimal electronic commerce strategy and extends the relatively novel Analytic Network Process (ANP) approach to solving...

One of the most discussed topics in the information systems literature today is software agent/intelligent agent technology. Software agents are high-level software abstractions...

Some analysts predict that electronic commerce will grow to more than $300 billion in the next five years. With electronic commerce growing in exponentially, staying competitive...

At the brink of the new millennium, in global economy and commerce, there has been a dramatic increase in the role of information technology in markets, both in traditional...

Client-server architecture is a local area network (LAN) based computing environment in which a central database sever or engine performs all database commands sent to it from...

Studies have shown that people remember 20 percent of what they see, 40 percent of what they see and hear, and 70 percent of what they see, hear, and do. Interactive learning...

This case study is based on an enterprise-wide consulting project for a financial services firm in a major metropolitan area of the southwest United States. This case addresses...

This case study is based on an enterprise-wide consulting project for a financial services firm in a major metropolitan area of the southwest United States. This case addresses...

The Journal of Database Management (JDM) publishes original research on all aspects of database management, systems analysis and design, and software engineering. The primary...

The Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) , which has been published for over 30 years, serves as a prestigious gateway for original state-of-the-art research articles...