Information Technology & People: Volume 16 Issue 1

Key Internet characteristics and e‐commerce issues in Arab countries

Adel M. Aladwani

This study describes the state of the Internet in Arab countries. It reports certain Internet characteristics and e‐commerce issues in the region and brings some of the critical…

ERP implementation: lessons from a case study

Majed Al‐Mashari, Abdullah Al‐Mudimigh

Many organizations have moved from stand‐alone business information systems applications to integrated enterprise‐wide systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP). The…

E‐commerce and Arab intra‐trade

Alexander Pons, Hassan Aljifri, Khalid Fourati

This paper focuses on the disparity that exists between Arab and non‐Arab trading blocs and the potential that e‐commerce offers in narrowing this gap. The current Arab…

Designing and implementing culturally‐sensitive IT applications: The interaction of culture values and privacy issues in the Middle East

Norhayati Zakaria, Jeffrey M. Stanton, Shreya T.M. Sarkar‐Barney

The Internet, World Wide Web, and related information technologies, originally developed in Western countries, have rapidly spread to a great variety of countries and cultures…

Egypt and ICTs: How ICTs bring national initiatives, global organizations and local companies together

Heba El Sayed, Chris Westrup

The aim of the paper is to move beyond globalisation as a concept and explore processes of globalisation that are linked to ICTs, using Egypt as an example. The paper explores how…

Jordan and ICT‐led development: towards a competition state?

Saheer Al‐Jaghoub, Chris Westrup

This paper describes Jordan's strategy to develop a strong ICT sector that will be internationally competitive. This strategy is analysed in two ways. First, by a comparison with…

Critique of Information

Carole Brooke

The Age of Flexibility – Managing Organisations and Technology

Ali Yakhlef

Internet review

Kevin Crowston

Guest editorial

Adel M. Aladwani