Topical and timely, this breakthrough text analyzes the relationship between international business operations and information technology.

First, it assesses the impact of current developments in IT on the operation of multinational corporations, both on a practical and theoretical level, and explores how IT can improve competitive advantage. Second, it moves on to investigate how doing business in an international environment affects the design, implementation and management of information systems for global enterprises.
Offering a much-needed overview of the key...

International Business and IT is a breakthrough text that analyses the relationship between international business operations and information technology. Firstly, it assesses the impact of current developments in IT on the operation of multinational corporations on both a practical and theoretical level and explores how it can improve competitive advantage. Secondly, it investigates how doing business in an international environment affects the design, implementation and management of information systems for global enterprises. The text offers a much-needed overview of the key trends in IT...