The Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems addresses the field of enterprise systems with more breadth and depth than any other resource, covering progressive technologies, leading theories, and advanced applications. Comprising over 25 articles from 47 expert authors from around the globe, this exhaustive collection of highly developed research extends the field of enterprise systems to offer libraries an unrivaled reference.
Sushil K. Sharma is currently Associate Dean and Professor of Information Systems and Executive Director of the MBA and Certificate Programs at the Miller College of Business, Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana, USA). He co-edited five books that include the Handbook of Research on Information Assurance and Security and Creating Knowledge-based Healthcare Organizations. He is also the co-editor of the book: Managing E-Business (Heidelberg Press, Australia). Dr. Sharma has authored over 100 refereed research papers in many peer-reviewed national and international MIS and management journals, conferences proceedings and books. He serves on editorial boards of several national and international journals and has also edited special issues. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of E-Adoption. His primary teaching and research interests are in e-commerce, computer-mediated communications, community and social informatics, information systems security, e-government, ERP systems, database management systems, cluster computing, Web services and knowledge management. He has a wide consulting experience in information systems and e-commerce and he has served as an advisor and consultant to several government and private organizations including projects funded by the World Bank.
Mohammad Abdur Rashid is a Senior Lecturer of Computer, Information and Communications Engineering at Massey University (New Zealand). He received M.Sc.Eng. degree in electronics engineering specializing in engineering cybernetics systems from the Technical University of Wroclaw in 1978 and PhD from the University of Strathclyde, UK in 1986. Dr. Rashid is a co-author of Enterprise Resource Planning: Global Opportunities and Challenges. He has publications in international journals and conferences covering his areas of research. His research interests are multimedia communication networks, embedded systems design, network protocols and performance studies; mobile wireless multimedia communication and ERP systems. [Editor]