In a knowledge economy urban form and functions are primarily shaped by global market forces rather than urban planning. As the role of knowledge in wealth creation becomes a critical issue in cities, urban administrations and planners need to discover new approaches to harness the considerable...

While implementing IS and IT in support of their business strategies, companies are looking for ways to bridge the gap between their competitive position and technological investment, including ways to use this investment to the advantage of the organization. This book faces this challenge by...

Data warehouses and online analytical processing (OLAP) are emerging key technologies for enterprise decision support systems. They provide sophisticated technologies from data integration, data collection and retrieval, query optimization, and data analysis to advanced user interfaces. New...

This book covers the complete process of analyzing data to extract, transform, load, and manage the essential components of a data warehousing system. A defining collection of field discoveries, this advanced title provides significant industry solutions for those involved in this distinct...

The objective of this work is to provide opportunities for improving today's database systems using innovative development practices, tools and techniques. Each chapter of the book provides insight into the effective use of database technology through models, case studies or experience reports....

Digital audio watermarking has been proposed as a new and alternative method to enforce intellectual property rights and protect digital audio from tampering. This publication is a compilation of the major theoretical frameworks, research findings, and practical applications. With inclusive...

Currently in a state of cultural transition, global society is moving from a literary society to digital one, adopting widespread use of advanced technologies such as the Internet and mobile devices. Digital media has an extraordinary impact on society's formative processes, forcing a pragmatic...

Dimensions of Diversity in the IT Classroom Onground and Online -- Dialectic Argumentation for Promoting Dialogue in IT Education : An Epistemological Framework for Considering the Social Impacts of IT -- Bridging the Digital Divide: A Feminist Perspective on the Project -- Gender and...

User acceptance and diffusion of innovations summarized -- Predicting internet use -- Understanding physician use of online systems -- Computer and stress in social and healthcare industries -- The UTAUQ questionnaire items -- Information systems success theoretical framework -- The dynamics of...

"This book presents a collection of research associated with the emerging e-business technologies and applications, attempting to stimulate the advancement of various e-business frameworks and applications, and to provide future research directions"--Provided by publisher.