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Information Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Fang Zhao (RMIT University, Australia)
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: May, 2008 | Copyright: © 2008 | Pages: 530

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase
ISBN13: 9781599049014
EISBN13: 9781599049021
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-901-4

Description:

It has become a widely-recognized fact that entrepreneurs and information technology have become the backbone of the world economy. The increasing penetration of IT in society and in most of industries/businesses, as well as the joining forces of entrepreneurship and innovation in the economy, reinforce the need for a leading and authoritative research handbook to disseminate leading edge findings about entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of IT from an international perspective.

Information Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents current studies on the nature, process and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation in the development, implementation, and application of information technology worldwide, as well as providing academics, entrepreneurs, managers, and practitioners with up-to-date, comprehensive, and rigorous research-based articles on the formation and implementation of effective strategies and business plans.

Coverage:

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

  • Commercialization of IT
  • Cyber entrepreneurs and innovators
  • Development of IT entrepreneurship and innovation
  • E-entrepreneurship and e-innovation
  • E-learning and knowledge transfer
  • Entrepreneurship and global IT
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation in IT project management
  • Entrepreneurship and IT
  • Entrepreneurship and knowledge management
  • Ethics issues in IT entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Government policy issues
  • Innovation and IT
  • Innovation and knowledge management
  • Intellectual Property
  • IT entrepreneurship and economy
  • IT entrepreneurship and innovation in developing countries
  • IT entrepreneurship and innovation in small and medium-sized organizations
  • IT entrepreneurship and Sustainability
  • IT entrepreneurship education and training
  • IT intrapreneurship and innovation in large organizations
  • IT start-ups and incubators
  • Partnerships/strategic alliances
  • Virtual organizations, network and IT
  • Women and youth entrepreneurship and IT

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The primary purpose of this book is to present and explore current trends and changes in the nature, process and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation in the development, implementation and application of information technology.

– Fang Zhao, RMIT University, Australia

This book provides academics, entrepreneurs, managers, and practitioners with researched-based articles on the formation and implementation of effective strategies and business plans.

– Book News Inc. (September 2008)

Dr. Fang Zhao is currently a lecturer at School of Management, Business Faculty, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She is also Senior Supervisor of Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) & MBA. She has published internationally over 30 refereed research works mostly in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship; e-business management; performance measurement; and higher education management. She was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at RMIT after graduating from University of Western Sydney with a doctoral degree.

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