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The development of information technology has sped up the importance of management information systems, which is an emerging discipline combining various aspects of informatics, information technology and business management. Understanding the impact of information on today´s organisations requires technological and managerial views, which are both offered by management information systems.
This publication takes an interest in the cooperation of business management and management information systems. Its contributions focus on both research areas and practical approaches, in turn showing novelties in the area of enterprise and business management. Main topics covered in this book are technology management, software engineering, knowledge management, innovation management and social media management. This book adopts an international view, combines theory and practice, and is authored for researchers, lecturers, students as well as consultants and practitioners.

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Dr. Alptekin Erkollar is Professor for Management Information Systems. Dr. Erkollar has more than 25 years of experience in academia in Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA. Apart from management information systems his research areas are software engineering, project management, database management and technology management.

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