Infonomics for Distributed Business and Decision-Making Environments: Creating Information System Ecology

Malgorzata Pankowska (Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781605668901

EISBN13: 9781605668918

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-890-1

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The information economy continues to challenge businesses in many ways with information technologies and globalization leading to blurred the organizational boundaries.

Infonomics for Distributed Business and Decision-Making Environments: Creating Information System Ecology provides greater understanding of issues, challenges, trends, and technologies effecting the overall utilization and management of information in modern organizations around the world. A leading field resource, this innovative collection addresses the emerging issues in information resources economics and its applications.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Accounting and billing in computing environments
Autonomic communications
Distributed decision support systems
E-Banking Services
Globalization in software development
Governance of virtual networks
Grid-based e-health business environment
Health infonomics
Information Management
Information system development
Information systems ecology
Ontology-based network management
Strategic role of information interactions

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This book is designed to detail the main concepts of infonomics, how the issues transcend beyond the physical boundaries of an enterprise, how it has extended out into entities' customers, trading partners and suppliers, and the interdependencies that have been created.

– Malgorzata Pankowska, Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

Malgorzata Pankowska received a MSc degree in management science (1981), a PhD in management science (1988), and a degree in habilitation, all from from the University of Economics, Katowice, Poland. Dr. Pankowska is a lecturer, in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Economics (Katowice, Poland) and has held research fellowships at Carleton University, (Canada) and University of Luton, (UK). Dr. Pankowska also participated in the teaching staff exchange program “Groupe ICHEC -ISC ST-LOUIS-ISFSC” to Brussels, Belgium; Trier University, Germany; and ISLA Braganca, Portugal.

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