"This book presents an alternative to conventional surveillance and risk assessment offering a multidisciplinary excursion comprised of data mining, early warning systems, information technologies and risk management and explores the intersection of these components in problematic...

"This book examines the various myriads of technical and organizational elements that impact services management, business management, risk management, and customer relationship management, and offers research to aid the successful implementation of associated supportive technologies"--Provided...

This book provides high-quality research papers and industrial practice articles in the areas of information security in the financial service industry. Managing Information Assurance in Financial Services provides insight into current information security measures, including: technology,...

"This book provides a design perspective on how the identified social issues can be solved through a design mentality. It comprises all design disciplines, such as industrial design, environmental design, interior design, fashion design and graphic design, to promote a sustainable lifestyle"--

The development of information and communication technologies enables dynamic social interaction through computer-mediated communication. This book describes the growing proliferation of CMC applications and the need for new perspectives, methods and tools for research and practice. It explores...

"This book aims to engage the complex relationship between technology, culture, and socio-economic elements by exploring it in a transnational, yet contextually grounded, framework, exploring diverse perspectives and approaches, from political economy to cultural studies, and from policy studies...

Caste, class, and IT in India / Elizabeth Langran -- India's Dalits search for a democratic opening in the digital divide / P. Thirumal, Gary Michael Tartaw -- Exploring the notion of "technology as public good" : emerging characteristics and trends of the digital divide in East Asian education...

1. A meta-analysis of the direction and state of sociotechnical research in a range of disciplines / Elayne Coakes, Jim Coakes -- 2. My top 10 lessons on lessons learned systems / Jay Liebowitz -- 3. Leadership can bridge the user-developer gap / David Tuffley -- 4. Socially-aware design /...

"This book provides a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large"--Provided by publisher.

"Digital citizens now expect more information to flow more freely, quickly, and openly than ever before, and therefore the dissemination of information from the development of IS applications is of vital importance to a burgeoning global digital society. Societal Impacts on Information Systems...