"This book bridges two fields that, although closely related, are often studied in isolation: enterprise modeling and information systems modeling. The principal idea is to use a standard language for modeling information systems, UML, as a catalyst and investigate its potential for modeling...

1. Making the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) flexible / Daniela Wolff, Nishant Singh -- 2. A Framework for the use of business activity monitoring in process improvement / Owen Molloy, Claire Sheridan -- 3. The socio-technical balanced scorecard for assessing a public university /...

"This book offers a deep look into the latest research, tools, implementations, frameworks, architectures, and case studies within the field of Business Intelligence Management"--Provided by publisher.

This book discusses the organizational implications of technological growth and advancement at an international level. Selections investigate within- and cross-cultural research, offshoring and outsourcing, and strategic decisions organizations make to succeed in a global environment--Provided...

"This book focuses on the challenges of distributed systems imposed by the data intensive applications, and on the different state-of-the-art solutions proposed to overcome these challenges"--Provided by publisher.

The evolution of ICT institutions in Thailand and Malaysia / Nicholas Maynard -- Moving with time and strategy: India and Bangladesh's development in the era of ICTs / Sandeep Bhaskar -- E-government's role in poverty alleviation: case study of South Africa / Stephen M. Mutula -- Capacity...

"This collection compiles research in all areas of the global information domain. It examines culture in information systems, IT in developing countries, global e-business, and the worldwide information society, providing critical knowledge to fuel the future work of researchers, academicians...

"This book provides a collection of research works that address relevant IT management issues from a global perspective. As the world economy becomes more interdependent and competition for business continues to be more globally oriented, it has, likewise, become necessary to address the issues...

"This book explores the effective and comprehensive deployment of appropriate ICT strategies within the nonprofit sector, discussing how ICT enables the non-profit sector to achieve organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and, ultimately, self sufficiency"--Provided by publisher.