Advanced MIS and Digital Transformation for Increased Creativity and Innovation in Business (Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1522595503 ISBN 13: 9781522595502

Publisher: IGI Global, 2019

Synopsis

As businesses undergo digital transformation, technologies will lead to greater efficiencies and change how we interact in traditional relationships among suppliers, producers, and customers, as well as between human and machine. One such technology is the introduction of management information systems (MIS) that provide a company with the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information by collecting from various digital environments. In today's digital age, information needs to be managed, and MIS have the ability to transfer the information obtained by computer systems to the business operations within the business models, business processes, and management functions. Advanced MIS and Digital Transformation for Increased Creativity and Innovation in Business is an essential reference source that discusses the impact of digital technologies in enterprises and their competitive environment on management information systems and examines the application of new technologies to support strategic decisions and realize exciting visions. Featuring research on topics such as machine learning, resource planning, and e-commerce, this book is ideally designed for managers, executives, IT specialists, analysts, business professionals, training officers, software engineers, business administrators, scholars, researchers, and practitioners seeking coverage on future trends, issues, and challenges in relation to management information systems.

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About the Authors

Gülay Ekren has been working as a lecturer at Sinop University, the Computer Technologies Department of Vocational School of Ayancik. She has a BA degree from Ege University, the Department of Computer and Instructional Technologies, and an MA degree from Gazi University, the Department of Management Information Systems. She also has an online MA degree from Anadolu University, the Department of Distance Education. She is now a doctoral student at Sakarya University, the Department of Management Information Systems. Her research interests are digital transformation, digitalization, management information systems, ERP systems and their implementation, agility, and industry 4.0.

Alptekin Erkollar is a Professor for management information Systems. Dr. Erkollar's research expertise includes management information systems, industry 4.0 and the factory of the future, production management, technology management, modeling of business systems and simulation. Some of his recent publications include Flextrans 4.0 – Smart Logistics for Smart Cities, Industry 4.0: Big Data Revolutions require Smart Technologies and Sustainable Cities Need Smart Transportation: The Industry 4.0 Transportation Matrix. He is an author/editor of several books, more than 200 refereed papers and an editorial board member of 13 international journals. Dr. Erkollar is editor of the international book series ‘Enterprise and Business Management'.

Birgit Oberer is an Associate Professor for management information systems. Dr. Oberer's research expertise includes management information systems, innovation and technology management, Industry 4.0 as well as electronic government and its applications in companies, governments, and non-profit organizations. Some of her latest journal publications include Technology Management and the Change in the European Geodata Market and How to manage government? Innovation Through Open Government Data Portals, The Innovation Union Scoreboard - Helping Europe Become More Innovative, and I4.0 Connectivity: Smart Factory Communications. Dr. Oberer serves as an invited reviewer for research projects for the ETH Zurich, one of the leading international universities for technology and the natural sciences. Dr. Oberer is Co-Editor of the international book series ‘Enterprise and Business Management'.

Edition details

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1522595503
• ISBN 13: 9781522595502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Ekren Gülay, Erkollar Alptekin, Oberer Birgit