This paper studies the influence of a manager's pre-decision use of an information system on the central office's decision to provide such a system in the first place. At the outset, the manager is ignorant about the cost of an investment project. Higher effort when using the information system...

This volume presents the revised and peer reviewed contributions of the ‘ERP Future 2015’ conference held in Munich, Germany on November 16-17, 2015. The ERP Future 2015 Research conference is a scientific platform for research on enterprise information systems in general and specifically on...

"This book is an authoritative reference source for the latest academic research on the implementation of various technological tools for increased organizational productivity and management, highlighting relevant case studies, empirical analyses, and critical business strategies"--

"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of issues related to agent design, implementation, integration, deployment, evaluation, and business value; it presents research results and application of agents and other intelligent information technologies in various domains. It offers intelligent...

Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is the road map to well-planned evolution of enterprise complexity with business and system strategies integration through standardized and synchronized architectures of IT components. This book provides a method of how to analyze, design and...

1. Examining the factors affecting project and business success of ERP implementation / Emad M. Kamhawi -- 2. Evolution of enterprise resource planning / Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran -- 3. Information technology usage in Maquila enterprises / Purnendu Mandal, Mohan P. Rao -- 4....