International Business and IT

International Business and IT focuses on the interrelationship between international business operations and information technology in two important dimensions. First, it assesses the impact of current developments in information technology on the operation of Multinational Corporations (MNC) both from a practical and theoretical perspective, exploring how information technology applications can improve the competitive advantage of such firms. Second, the book focuses on how the requirements of doing business in an international environment affect the design, implementation and management of information systems for global enterprises. Thus far, the domestic perspective has driven the developmental aspect of information technology applications. Subsequently, deriving from a globalization perspective, a fundamental stimulus of the book is to explore factors for making IT more 'global friendly'. The book includes critical case-studies, based on the experiences of current companies who are operating in a global market, written to enhance the reader's understanding of the issues raised in various chapters. Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this is a groundbreaking new text.