Management Information Systems provides comprehensive and integrative coverage of essential new technologies, information system applications, and their impact on business models and managerial decision-making in an exciting and interactive manner. The twelfth edition focuses on the major changes that have been made in information technology over the past two years, and includes new opening, closing, and Interactive Session cases.

This book seeks to answer “why, when and how are real options used in strategic technology venturing?” This work tests for the role of real options in decision making involving three types of firms in decreasing order of technology-dependence – technology-driven (TD) (where the profit is fully dependent on new technology creation and leveraging), technology-based (TB) (where the profit is enabled and supported by technology) and technology-neutral (TN) (where the profit is almost independent of technology). It also deals with strategic and non-strategic types of decisions driven by real options. This analysis shows that an environment presenting co-opetitive (simultaneous competition and collaboration) conditions triggers the use of real options (why), that serve to transform the position, posture and propensity of businesses to innovate and thus they co-evolve (when) into more effective and efficient forms of businesses (co-specialization) (how). The authors demonstrate that embracing risk and uncertainty can increase levels and probability of new venture formation. However, their simulation also shows that it should be adapted to the risk profile of the firm and that timing is also a factor to be considered. Although engaging the concepts of real options, this analysis does not focus on a specific investment valuation methodology, but highlights the relationship between knowledge and risk and rather addresses the management of mindsets, as moving towards a systematic conceptualization of real options represents a different paradigm in decision making.

In light of the Sustainable Development Goals, sustainability is a factor to consider for understanding the changes that are coming in the business world and in different areas of management. Companies must reorient their business objectives towards sustainable and responsible production for the environment and society. In this context of change, it is important to open the debate and obtain more thorough knowledge on how companies should change their leaderships strategies and carry out their financial planning, as well as analyze the risk of their clients and innovative projects that respect the environment. Financial Management and Risk Analysis Strategies for Business Sustainability proposes a series of practical and theoretical perspectives on how the business world has to evolve to adapt to the new situation the world has reached due to undeniable climate change forcing businesses to redefine their productive processes and internal organization. Topics highlighted include financial management procedures, corporate social responsibility, risk analysis, financial literacy, and innovation in sustainability and sustainable development. This book is a useful reference source for managers, executives, engineers, business professionals, financial analysts, researchers, academicians, and students in the areas of management, human resources, accounting and finance, taxation, environmental economics, and some engineering areas.

In the past, practical applications motivated the development of mathematical theories, which then became the subject of study in pure mathematics where abstract concepts are studied for their own sake. The activity of applied mathematics is thus intimately connected with research in pure mathematics, which is also referred to as theoretical mathematics. Theoretical and Applied Mathematics in International Business is an essential research publication that explores the importance and implications of applied and theoretical mathematics within international business, including areas such as finance, general management, sales and marketing, and supply chain management. Highlighting topics such as data mining, global economics, and general management, this publication is ideal for scholars, specialists, managers, corporate professionals, researchers, and academicians.

Desarrollo de pruebas y cuestionarios para una evaluación nacional del rendimiento académico es el segundo de esta serie diseñada para ayudar a desarrollar la capacidad de llevar a cabo evaluaciones técnicamente adecuadas de los niveles nacionales de rendimiento estudiantil. Presenta a los lectores las actividades ligadas al desarrollo de las pruebas de rendimiento académico, e incluye el desarrollo de un marco de evaluación, la redacción de ítems de tipo opción múltiple y respuesta construida, la realización de pruebas previas, la producción de cuadernillos de prueba y la calificación manual de los ítems. Una parte dedicada a la elaboración de los cuestionarios describe el diseño de los mismos, la redacción de las preguntas, la codificación de las respuestas y la vinculación del cuestionario con los datos de puntuación de la prueba. La parte final expone el desarrollo de un manual de administración de la prueba, la selección de administradores de las pruebas y los contactos con las escuelas muestreadas. El CD de acompañamiento contiene ejemplos de ítems procedentes de pruebas nacionales e internacionales, cuestionarios de muestra y manuales administrativos. El libro debe servir de recurso útil para todos aquellos interesados en las evaluaciones educativas, especialmente el personal dedicado a la realización de evaluaciones nacionales de rendimiento estudiantil.