This is the third of a series of research volume of papers from the Business and Information Technologies global research network. The group includes 20 partners from 16 countries, who conduct studies on the impact of new information and communication technologies on business practice, industry...

AbstractThe following sections are included:SummaryIntroductionFindingsICT adoption and budget trendsInternal organizationOutsourcing and OffshoringForward facing interactionsBackward facing interactionsBusiness resultsGlobalizationFuture WorkAcknowledgmentsBibliographyAbout the Authors

As more students with engineering background take management responsibilities in corporations, there is a need to develop a special track within the MBA programmes to help them bridge the gap between their engineering background and their required management skills. In this paper, we present a...

This study examines the evolution of the United States (U.S.) economy after 1999, extending our previous studies [4, 8] up to 2007. The U.S. economy has moved steadily toward services and information-intensive sectors in terms of Gross National Product (GNP), employment, and wage distribution....