Overview
Many of the technological and managerial challenges of operating in the international environment are being addressed through global IT applications at the functional level of the organization. The impacts of modern technology at the functional levels of multinational firms, specifically in marketing, finance, accounting, manufacturing/operations, research and development, and human resource management, are presented by a number of today's experts. Global Information Systems and Technology provides a forum for identifying the specific impacts of IT in each of these areas and for understanding how the various challenges and solutions in the functional areas are being integrated via IT.
Candace Deans is associate professor of information technology in the Department of World Business at Thunderbird - The American Graduate School of International Management. Prior to this appointment, she was on the faculty at Wake Forest University. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of South Carolina with a major in information systems and minor in international business. Dr. Deans' current research activities focus on international information systems issues and related curriculum development. She has published articles on this topic in the Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Global Information Management, Journal of High Technology Management Research, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Information Systems Education and others. She has also co-authored a book, International Dimensions of Information Systems and Technology (1992).
Kirk R. Karwan is an associate professor of management science in the College of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Dr. Karwan has published broadly in information systems, operations management, engineering, operations research, and management. His articles have appeared in a wide array of journals including The Journal of Applied Psychology, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Interfaces, Information and Management, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and the Journal of Operations Management. His on-going research is in the areas of technology/information technology strategy, the technology transfer process, and manufacturing/operations strategy. His recent work in technology transfer has been funded through the Department of Energy in conjunction with the South Carolina Universities Research Educational Foundation and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Engineering.