The book provides regional (Asia-Pacific) coverage highlighting empirical case studies — involving both private and public organizations — of strategic information systems practices covering both the developed and developing economies. These in-depth, well-written case materials will be helpful to organizations and government agencies planning to implement enterprise systems and e-government initiatives. These cases can also be beneficial to classroom teaching and discussions.

Contents:

• Infosys Technologies Limited, India (R Mayasandra)
• NCS Private Limited, Singapore (A Ramchand)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Maintenance and Upgrade Management and Challenges (C S-P Ng)
• UNI, Singapore (S Sritharan)
• Singapore Police Force: One-Stop Public Entertainment Licensing Centre (OSPEC) (C M L Chan)
• The Infocomms Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) (E T K Lim)
• Supreme Court Registry Office of South Korea (SCRO) (H J Kim et al.)
• Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (C W Tan)

“The organisations and problems discussed in the cases are undoubtedly worthy and, in general, interesting reading ... It is a useful compilation of non-US or European case material. An educator teaching Information Systems at the MBA level might find the book useful to students as a secondary textbook or as supplementary reading material.”