The implementation of the Single European Market in 1992, if it comes, will have widespread implications for the United Kingdom. The impact will not just be on a national basis. The regions themselves will be just as profoundly affected. Whether the consequences are good or bad will depend upon...

This article reviews the major information systems projects in the National Health Service over the past 25 years. Rather than looking backwards, it isolates important lessons and issues that should be considered by management in organizations considering the implementation of information systems.

A risk assessment model for water shortage was constructed from the risk analysis method based on the information diffusion theory. The application of this model was demonstrated in the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang Province, China. The study indicates that the present model is more stable and...