Following publications reviewed this book:

1) Book News, Inc.
..27 scholarly chapters by 34 authors..

2) Computerworld (by Allen Alter 07/15/96)
.....Chepaitis (in one of the chapters) found that lack of quality data seriously hampers the development of IS in post-Soviet Russia......

3) Journal of Global Information Management--Spring, 1996/ Reviewed by Karen D. Loch of Georgia State University
..I know of no book currently on the market of which the focus is truly global information technology..

This book by Palvia/Palvia/Roche was de facto the standard text used by major universities for their Global IT curriculams. While the 2002 book by Palvia/Palvia/Roche is more current, this book still contains 19 chapters that are not in the new book. Among the chapter authors for this book are:

Ewan Sutherland of University of Wales
Peter Hagstrom of Harvard business School
Prashant Palvia of UNC Greensboro
Shailendra Palvia of Long Island University
Ed Roche of The Research Board
Lori Alkier of New York University
Chrianthi Avgerou of London School of Economics
Barry Shore, University of New hampshire
James Wetherbe of University of Memphis
Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business School
Sirkaa Jarvenpaa of University of Texas
Blake Ives of Southern Methodist University
George Dinardo of Citibank

Chapter Titles/Authors ( chapter abstracts available on request):

1. Understanding the global information technology environment: representative world issues (By Prashant Palvia, University of Memphis, Shailendra Palvia, Long Island University)
 
2. The European telecommunications industry: trends, analysis and forecasts (By: Ewan Sutherland, University of Wales)
 
3. A framework for building national information structure: the evolution increased reach and range in Singapore (By: A. Lee Gilbert, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 
4. International business opportunities on the information superhighway: An Austrian perspective (By: Lori Alkier, New York University)
 
5. The problem of data quality in a developing economy (By: Elia Chepaitis, Fairfield University, Connecticut
 
6. Information networks diffusion in Brazil: global and local factors (By: Renata Lebra La Rovere, Paulo B. Tigre, federal University of Rio de Janerio)
 
7. How can information technology enable developing countries to integrate into the global economy (By: C. Avgerou, London School of Economics)
 
8. Telecommunications infrastructure in developing countries: privatization trends (By: Amitava Dutta, George Mason University)
 
9. A concepual framework to assess gaps in information systems cultures between headquarters and foreign subsidiaries (By: Barry Shore, university of New Hampshire
 
10. Challenges in internation data transfer (By: Effy Oz, Penn State University)
 
11. Communication cost economics: a framework and its applications to e-commerce in the Europen union (By: Paul Alpar and Ulrich Hasenkamp, Institute fur Wirtschafts, Informatiks, Germany)

12. An informational perspective on the effectiveness of headquarters- subsidiary relationship: issues of control and coordination (Steve Simon, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA)
 
13. Information technology planning and architectures for networked global organizations (By: Rick Gibson, The American University)
 
14. Information systems resource structure and management in multinational organizations (By: Janice burn and H.K. Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
 
15. Emerging best practices in global systems development (By: N. Vitalari and J. Wetherbe)
 
16. Issues in Global Outsourcing (By: F. Warren McFarlan, Harvard Business School)
 
17. Global software outsourcing to India by multinational corporations (By: Richard Heeks, University of Manchaster, UK)
 
18. Global transfer of EDI technology: a multi-level approach (By: K.B.C. Saxena, Indian Instituite of Management, India, and R.W. Wagenaar, Erasmus University, Netherlands
 
19. The multi-national enterprise in the age of internet and electronic commerce (By: Edward Roche, Seton Hall University
 
20. Global management support systems: the new frontiers of MIS (By: Sean B. Eom, Southern Missouri State University)
 
21. Design and implementation for groupware in the global organization (Ravi Sharma, Deutsche Telekom, Singapore; Shailendra Palvia, Long Island University; Lai Lai Tung, Schuber Foo and Wooi Boon Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 
22. Global customer service for the computer and communication industry (By: Sirkaa Jarvenpaa, University of Texas, Blake Ives, Southern Methodist University, and Leri Pearlson, Univesity of Texas)
 
23. Strategic application of information technology in global business: using the GLITS model and instrument (By: Prashant Palvia, UNC Greensboro, NC)
 
24. Information systems in MNCs as an infra-structure for service delivery (By: Peter Hagstrom, Harvard Business School)
 
25. Developing and implementing global information systems: lessons from Seagate Technology (By: Shailendra Palvia, Long Island University, and Kenny Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

26. Regional banking and credit card processing at Citibank Consumer Banking and its global implications (By: George DiNardo, Citibak and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 
27. Information systems to support global alliances at General Motors (By: Chetan Sankar and Naohiro Terase, Auburn University)