Business Information Systems in a Networked, Smart and Open Environment.- Information Systems Implementation and Structural Adaptation in Government-Business Inter-Organization.- Management Control Systems in inter-organizational relationships for environmental sustainability and energy...

Chapter 1: Overview of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 2: Critiques of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 3: A Stochastic Version of the 2 Sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 4: Open Economy Extensions of the 2-sector Mahalanobis Model -- Chapter 5: Overview of the 4 Sector...

This book identifies factors of information system (IS) integration that influence supply chain agility and illustrates how IS integration can achieve greater supply chain agility. Also considering the consequent operational impacts that arise from IS-enabled supply chain agility, the author...

Introduction -- Business intelligence definition and problem space -- Business Intelligence Information Needs. Related Systems and Activities -- Business Intelligence Dimensions -- Information integration -- Management of experience and lessons learned -- Business Intelligence Technologies --...

This book examines failure in the urbanisation of Northwest China as a result of government industrial policies that have impacted on the economic development of the region. By looking at the under-researched provinces of Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, which make up a quarter of China's...

This book focuses on the competitive situation and policy outlook of China’s provincial economy in the 13th five-year period. It begins with a general evaluation report on the country’s provincial comprehensive Economic Competitiveness, followed by analyses at the international, national and...

1. Development of China's Service Industry: Review and Prospect -- 2. Development of Service Industry: Problems and Concerns -- 3. "The 13th Five-Year Plan" : Choices for the Future -- 4. Service Agglomeration: Characteristics, Mechanism and International Experience -- 5. Construction of Service...

1. Energy Transition in Economic Growth Process -- 2. Energy Transition History and Logic Analysis -- 3. German Practice in National Energy Transition -- 4. American Practice in National Energy Transition -- 5. Characteristics of Chinese Energy Transition -- 6. Difficulties and Constraints in...

Chapter 1: Signs, patterns and systems -- Chapter 2: What is Design? -- Chapter 3: Designing Organization -- Chapter 4: Projects of Design -- Chapter 5: Investigating domains of organization -- Chapter 6: Engaging with problem situations -- Chapter 7: Making sense of business activity -- Chapter...

Part I: Basic Principles of Research -- Introduction -- Information Systems Research as a Science -- Part II: Conducting Research -- Planning Your Research -- Theorising -- Research Methods -- Part III: Publishing Research -- Writing IS Research Articles -- Ethical Considerations in Research --...