The rapid growth in the adoption and diffusion of information technologies has important implications for practitioners, academics and policy-makers. The widespread use of information technologies is challenging traditional business models and reshaping socio-economic paradigms, as well as promoting new social relations, jobs and working structures.By synthesizing prior research and providing a strong foundation for future research, the aim of this book is to contribute to our practical and conceptual understanding of the technological, behavioral, organizational, social and economic issues and their inter-relationship in organizations and electronic markets.The book covers five broad aspects: technological innovations and trends; organizational change and knowledge management; strategic transformation; and social and economic transformation. Contributions include works by scholars from recognized international communities of academics, practitioners and policy-makers.Contents:Information Integration: A Review of Emerging E-Business TechnologiesICTs, Organizational Change and New Modes of OrganizingExploring the Virtual Work Environment: A Process PerspectiveOrganizational Implementation and Integration of Information TechnologyImplementing Enterprise Systems: A Review of Critical Success FactorsAn Interdisciplinary Research Framework to Investigate Electronic Business ModelsEmerging Virtual Infrastructures in Service Delivery: Scenarios for Health CareKnowledge Transfer in Global Organizations: The Case of SiemensOrganizational Transformation by Activating Knowledge: The Mediating Role of Collaboration TechnologiesEcological Models of Inter-Organizational Routines in Electronic CommerceAlliance Networks, Inter-Firm Learning and Communication: A Search for New InsightsStrategic Planning and OutsourcingIT-Enabled Innovation in the Multinational CompanyThe Impact of Internet on Market StructureStrategic Transformations in Selected Productive SectorsThe Evolution of New Social Relations and StructuresKnowledge Management, Technology and OrganizationKnowledge and Labor-Theories of Value: Can They be Reconciled?Information Technology-Enabled Innovation: A Critical Overview and Research AgendaReadership: Graduates, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in the area of information technology.