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International contributors address current issues and technologies in infonomics, the economics of information, in light of the transformation from closed hierarchical organizations to organizations connected together in open networks and in extended enterprises. The potential of applying infonomics outside the physical boundaries of an organization is emphasized. The book's 18 chapters are organized into four parts. Section I, on information interpretations and modeling, outlines the fundamental principles and approaches to information modeling. Section II examines new technical and managerial approaches to deal with information in distributed business environments. Section III covers information valuation in computing environments and in distributed decision support systems. Section IV, on collaboration in networks, looks at the development of new organizational forms, virtual laboratories, and ethics of information in distributed business environments. Pankowska teaches in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Economics, Poland. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
