Emerging Information Technology: Improving Decisions, Cooperation, and Infrastructure

by Kenneth E. Kendall

Book Overview

The chapters in this volume explore cutting-edge research being conducted on emerging information technologies. All of the technologies are well known; this book′s unique contribution is its explanation of the application and relevance for managers, consultants, and decision makers. The ultimate purpose of Emerging Information Technologies is to enable its readers - managers, consultants, scholars, and researchers - to build bridges from technological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761917497
• ISBN13: 9780761917496
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Emerging IT Examined

This books contains articles on almost all the Emerging Information Tchnologies being used and researched in Corporations, small businesses and on the Internet. The book starts with an introduction to the Technological Life cycle and then goes into Emerging Technologies which are divided in three parts: Decision supporting technologies, Cooperation facilitating technologies, and Infrastructure enabling technologies. The examples and figures with the chapters make it easy to understand the technological emergence and relate it to real world. Some topics covered include Recommendation systems, Hypertext, Artificial Intelligence, E-commerce, Executive Information Systems and many more. This book is useful for students, researchers, managers and consultants to become familier with the cutting edge of research being done on these technologies.