Information Technology Industries Books

New and Published Books

1. China's Rise in the World ICT Industry

   Industrial Strategies and the Catch-Up Development Model

   By Lutao Ning

   Series: China Policy Series

   One of the most striking phenomena of China’s remarkable economic growth is that its huge volume of exports are becoming high-tech. China is now the world's largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) exporter, having overtaken Japan and the European Union in 2003 and the United States...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Management and Information Technology

   Challenges for the Modern Organization

   Edited by Peter Ekman, Peter Dahlin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

   Information technology has come to play an important role in organizations over the last few decades. Though it began as an entity dealt with by specialists, IT has evolved to become an everyday tool with both operational and strategic impacts. Most modern organizations have adopted different forms...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions

   Contemporary Issues in the EU, US and China

   By Faye Fangfei Wang

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and E-Commerce Law

   The exponential growth of electronic usage in global commercial transactions has generated potential opportunities in productivity, facilitated the cross-border free movement of goods and service, and stimulated export and import trade as well as domestic sale, but at the same time, it has led to...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge
4. Patron-Driven Acquisitions

   Current Successes and Future Directions

   Edited by Judith Nixon, Robert Freeman, Suzanne Ward

   For over a decade, some academic libraries have been purchasing, rather than borrowing, recently published books requested by their patrons through interlibrary loan. These books had one circulation guaranteed and so appealed to librarians who were concerned about the large percentage of books...

   Published February 22nd 2011 by Routledge
5. Qualitative Research in Technical Communication

   Edited by James Conklin, George F. Hayhoe

   Addressing the explosive growth in qualitative research in recent years, this volume represents the first anthology to bring together a representative sample from this growing body of work, and comments on the reasons for the extraordinary interest in qualitative research. Contributors to the...

   Published September 19th 2010 by Routledge
6. Online Dispute Resolution for Consumers in the European Union

   By Pablo Cortés

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and E-Commerce Law

   E-commerce offers immense challenges to traditional dispute resolution methods, as it entails parties often located in different parts of the world making contracts with each other at the click of a mouse. The use of traditional litigation for disputes arising in this forum is often inconvenient,...

   Published July 21st 2010 by Routledge
7. Mastering e-Business

   By Paul Grefen

   e-Business – business collaborations enabled through information and communication technologies – is an essential activity for any business organization and constitutes a significant and growing sector. This textbook presents an innovative teaching framework to help students gain a thorough...

   Published June 23rd 2010 by Routledge
8. The Coming of Age of Information Technologies and the Path of Transformational Growth

   A long run perspective on the late 2000s recession

   By Davide Gualerzi

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this book, Davide Gualerzi employs the concept of transformational growth to explore the investment-driven cycle of expansion of the 1990s in the US economy, and of the of role played by the ICT sector. The book articulates a view of demand-led growth in which the focus is on effective demand,...

   Published September 21st 2009 by Routledge
9. Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians

   Edited by Patricia A. Kreitz, JoAnn DeVries

   Since the 1950s there has been a persistent shortage of sci-tech librarians, and as more librarians retire or change positions, the prospect looms that the profession will only depopulate further. Tackling this difficult challenge, Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology...

   Published July 30th 2007 by Routledge
10. Archives and the Digital Library

    Edited by William E. Landis, Robin L. Chandler

    Technological advances and innovative perspectives constantly evolve the notion of what makes up a digital library. Archives and the Digital Library provides an insightful snapshot of the current state of archiving in the digital realm. Respected experts in library and information science present...

    Published June 19th 2007 by Routledge