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From MySpace to iPods to eGovernment, technology-enabled transformations are turning our lives inside out; this book will educate readers about the technological revolution at hand and inspire them to take part.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Rules of the Revolution
2. A Framework for Transformation
3. Transforming Everyday Events
4. The Power of Online Communities
5. Transforming Services
6. E-Government
7. Transformations in Manufacturing
8. The Digital Pipeline
9. U.S. Healthcare: A Desperate Need for a Transformation
10. Can Education Be Transformed?
11. The Tragedy of Resistance
12. The Evidence for Transformation
13. Barriers to Change
14. How to Flourish

About the Author

Henry C. Lucas, Jr., is the Robert H. Smith Professor of Information Systems in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Chairman of the Decision and Information Technologies Department. He is the author of a dozen books and more than seventy articles in professional periodicals on the impact of technology, information technology in organization design, and information technology and corporate strategy. His most recent books include Information Technology: Strategic Decision Making for Managers, Beware the Winner's Curse: Victories that Can Sink You and Your Company, and Strategies for E-Commerce and the Internet.

Reviews

Lucas (information systems, University of Maryland) discusses the revolutionary role of technology in today's world, especially in the areas of business, government, health care, and education. . . . Recommended.
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