An important line of research on global information management examines the effects of national culture on IT development, operations, management and use. This paper argues that global information management researchers should not lose sight of structural conditions related to business-to-business and business-to-consumer ecommerce activity. Structural conditions are physical, social and econom...

There is a growing consensus that the benefits of information technology (IT) can not be realised fully by merely automating existing business processes. Consequently, major process changes enabled by IT, including business process re-engineering efforts, have been popular in North America and are now being introduced all over the world. Differences between nations and societies make it critica...

A key success factor for a successful company in a dynamic environment is effective and efficient information technology (IT) supporting business strategies and processes. Organizations that successfully align their business strategy and their IT strategy outperform their non-aligned peers (Chan et al., 1997). In recent surveys IT executives consistently name IT to Business alignment their top-...

Information technology and its technologies that now- adays came to the life of the individuals and population types, can have special effectiveness in the life of the hu- man-being. We study its impact on the life security, in- struction and the training of the people, personal social relations, culture and community, health and treatment, business, sport, moral aspects and the addiction to th...

Information technology and its technologies that now- adays came to the life of the individuals and population types, can have special effectiveness in the life of the hu- man-being. We study its impact on the life security, in- struction and the training of the people, personal social relations, culture and community, health and treatment, business, sport, moral aspects and the addiction to th...

Culture is the most basic cause of a person’s wants and behavior. Country, like China, who has such a long history, has rich culture background. So it is very critical for international cooperates who want to do business in China to know about Chinese culture and how it works to buyers’ behavior. Starting from Chinese culture in Marketing context, this paper discusses how culture influence buye...