Economic Development: Government's Cutting Edge in IT / Gerald A. Merwin Jr., J. Scott McDonald, and Levy C. Odera -- The Development of National ICT Policy in Kenya: The Influence of Regional Institutions and Key Stakeholders / Timothy Mwololo Waema -- Electronic Highways in Southeast Asia: Liberality, Control, and Social Change / Loong Wong -- The Possibility of Water-Cooler Chat?: Developing Communities of Practice for Knowledge Sharing within Global Virtual Teams / Norhayati Zakaria -- Understanding Brand Web Site Positioning in the New EU Member States: The Case of the Czech Republic / Shintaro Okazaki and Radoslav Skapa -- Beyond Localization: A New Look at Disseminating Information via the Web / Martin A. Schell -- Understanding Social Capital Formation for Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities / Shafiz A. Mohd Yusof -- Business & IT Alignment in Multinational Company: Issues and Approaches / A. J. Gilbert Silvius -- Intercultural Collaboration in the ICT Sector / Martina Maletzky -- Computer-Mediated Communication: Enhancing Online Group Interactions / J. Michael Blocher -- The Dynamics and Rationality of Collective Behavior within a Global Information System / Jacek Unold -- Group Decision Making in Computer-Mediated Communication as Networked Communication: Understanding the Technology and Implications / Bolanle Olaniran -- Understanding Global Information Technology and Outsourcing Dynamics: A Multi-Lens Model / Robert C. Yoder, Vera Eccarius-Kelly, and Suvarna Cherukuri --

Global IT Outsourcing: Current Trends, Risks, and Cultural Issues / Subhankar Dhar -- Quality Standardization Patterns in ICT Offshore / Esther Ruiz Ben -- Offshoring in the ICT Sector in Europe: Trends and Scenario Analysis / Esther Ruiz Ben, Michaela Wieandt, and Martina Maletzky -- Information Technology Consulting in Global Information Technology / Michaela Wieandt -- Information Technology Consulting and the Implementation of Information Technology / Michaela Wieandt -- Digital Preservation by Design / Stacy Kowalczyk -- Teaching Information Systems to International Students in Australia: A Global Information Technology Perspective / Zhaohao Sun -- Sampling Approaches on Collecting Internet Statistics in the Digital Economy / Song Xing, Bernd-Peter Paris, and Xiannong Meng -- Natural Language Processing Agents and Document Clustering in Knowledge Management: The Semantic Web Case / Steve Legrand and JGR Pulido -- Integrating Mobile Technologies in Enterprise Architecture with a Focus on Global Supply Chain Management Systems / Bhuvan Unhelkar, Ming-Chien Wu, and Abbass Ghanbary -- Influence of Mobile Technologies on Global Business Processes in Global Organizations / Dinesh Arunatileka, Abbass Ghanbary, and Bhuvan Unhelkar -- Objects as the Primary Design Principle for International Information Systems / Hans Lehmann.