本书是为确保计算机、管理等专业的学生为将来在信息社会和网络经济中成为成功的员工和管理者而编写的。全书共分为5个部分、分别介绍了信息技术和网络经济导论、机构中的信息系统、电子商务的策略和技术、信息系统的开发和购置、网络经济带来的犯罪、**和道德及社会问题等议题。

PART 1
Introduction to Information Technology and the Networked Economy
CHAPTER 1
The Networked Economy
CHAPTER 2
Information Technology: The Infrastructure of the Networked Economy
CHAPTER 3
Sharing Information and Resources through Networks
PART 2
Information Systems in Organizations
CHAPTER 4
Handling the Present:transaction Processing Systems
CHAPTER 5
Remembering the Past with Organizational Memory
CHAPTER 6
Preparing for the Future with Decision Support Systems
PART 3
Electronic Commerce: Strategy and Technology
CHAPTER 7
Electronic Commerce Strategies
CHAPTER 8
Electronic Commerce Technologies
PART 4
Design and Development of Information Systems
CHAPTER 9
Devetoping Information Systems
CHAPTER 10
Developing Information Systems 2
PART 5
Issues in the Networked Economy
CHAPTER 11
Crime and Security in Networked Economy
CHAPTER 12
Privacy and Ethical Issues in the Networked Economy
CHAPTER 13
Social Issues in the Networked Economy

Patrick G.McKeown 博士是Terry商学院中排名前10位的管理信息系统系的负责人,自1976年以来,他就一直在Georgia大学。他在Georgia技术学院获得了学士和硕士学位,在Chapel Hill 的北卡罗莱纳大学获得了博士学位。McKeown已经在管理科学和信息系统领域出版了30多本书籍和将近50篇文章。由于他在非计算机课程中通过计算机项目增强了计算机文化,他于1997年获得了Terry商学院杰出服务奖。McKeown在1998年是葡萄牙的Fulbright 学者,他在那里讲授电子商务方面的MBA课程。他还在法国的里昂第三大学芬兰的赫尔辛基经济学院和南非大学的企业领导研究生学院讲过学。