Business Intelligence
Includes 17 Titles

Business Intelligence

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This significant book bundle of 17 scholarly titles covers topics on supply networks, neural networks, computational intelligence, economic forecasting, and business continuity. It is well suited for researchers and professionals interested in business intelligence technologies and their practical applications, as well as policymakers in business organizations and government systems.
Release date: February 1, 2011
ISBN13: 9781609608095|EISBN13: 9781609608101

Description

Today's business environment is wrought with uncertainty, making it all the more important for organizations to be able to generate and disseminate intelligence in order to keep pace with global competition.

The Business Intelligence book bundle is a specialized reference compilation that supports research in the field of business technologies. This premier package includes 17 scholarly titles focusing on supply networks, neural networks, computational intelligence, economic forecasting, and business continuity. These titles represent IGI Global’s unique coverage of the impact and effective use of technology in decision-making processes for businesses.

Topics Covered

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Books Included in this Collection

Electronic Supply Network Coordination in Intelligent and Dynamic Environments: Modeling and Implementation
Electronic Supply Network Coordination in Intelligent and Dynamic Environments: Modeling and Implementation
Iraj Mahdavi (Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Iran), Shima Mohebbi (University of Tehran, Iran), Namjae Cho (Hanyang University, Korea). © 2011. 434 pages.
The widespread diffusion of digital infrastructure, applications, products, and services has created new challenges and opportunities for managers and corporations exposed to a dense and highly complex supply network. This complexity often requires innovative models, techniques, tools, processes, and...
Net Centricity and Technological Interoperability in Organizations: Perspectives and Strategies
Net Centricity and Technological Interoperability in Organizations: Perspectives and Strategies
Supriya Ghosh (Arcadia Concepts, USA). © 2010. 304 pages.
As a fundamental change that is very large in scope, net centricity remains a main topic of debate among defense enterprises, industries, and contracting organizations. Net Centricity and Technological Interoperability in Organizations: Perspectives and Strategies provides understanding on the...
Strategic Intellectual Capital Management in Multinational Organizations: Sustainability and Successful Implications
Strategic Intellectual Capital Management in Multinational Organizations: Sustainability and Successful Implications
Kevin O'Sullivan (New York Institute of Technology, USA). © 2010. 358 pages.
Research indicates that active management of intellectual capital can lead to significant payoffs for organizations. However, when considered within a multinational context, there are specific issues that may cause concern. Strategic Intellectual Capital Management in Multinational Organizations...
Pervasive Computing for Business: Trends and Applications
Pervasive Computing for Business: Trends and Applications
Varuna Godara (CEO of Sydney College of Management, Australia). © 2010. 336 pages.
Although e-businesses are adopting pervasive computing with passion, they must remain aware of the operational, ethical, legal, and financial risks involved in it. Pervasive Computing for Business: Trends and Applications examines implications of pervasive computing in order for current and future...
Business Intelligence in Economic Forecasting: Technologies and Techniques
Business Intelligence in Economic Forecasting: Technologies and Techniques
Jue Wang (Chinese Academy of Science, China), Shouyang Wang (Chinese Academy of Science, China). © 2010. 406 pages.
With the rapid development of economic globalization and information technology, the field of economic forecasting continues its expeditious advancement, providing business and government with applicable technologies. Business Intelligence in Economic Forecasting: Technologies and Techniques discusses...
Co-Engineering Applications and Adaptive Business Technologies in Practice: Enterprise Service Ontologies, Models, and Frameworks
Co-Engineering Applications and Adaptive Business Technologies in Practice: Enterprise Service Ontologies, Models, and Frameworks
Jay Ramanathan (Ohio State University, USA), Rajiv Ramnath (Ohio State University, USA). © 2009. 426 pages.
Service organizations and enterprises have the dual challenge of embracing externally-driven variation while simultaneously evolving the enabling of information technology operations and systems. The co-engineering method provides a powerful tool for interdisciplinary decision-making necessary for...
Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity
Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity
Nijaz Bajgoric (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). © 2009. 364 pages.
In today's e-business, system downtime is an unacceptable option since each hour, even minute, of downtime may generate negative financial effects. In many IT-dependent organizations, business must be continuous in order to remain competitive. Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing...
Adaptive Technologies and Business Integration: Social, Managerial and Organizational Dimensions
Adaptive Technologies and Business Integration: Social, Managerial and Organizational Dimensions
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal), Bruno Conceicao Cortes (Business Objects, Portugal), Goran D. Putnik (University of Minho, Portugal). © 2007. 382 pages.
Adaptive Technologies and Business Integration: Social, Managerial and Organizational Dimensions provides an authoritative review of both intra-organizational and inter-organizational aspects in business integration, including: managerial and organizational integration, social integration, and...
Business Applications and Computational Intelligence
Business Applications and Computational Intelligence
Kevin Voges (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Nigel Pope (Griffith University, Australia). © 2006. 481 pages.
Computational intelligence has a long history of applications to business - expert systems have been used for decision support in management, neural networks and fuzzy logic have been used in process control, a variety of techniques have been used in forecasting, and data mining has become a core...
Computational Economics: A Perspective from Computational Intelligence
Computational Economics: A Perspective from Computational Intelligence
Shu-Heng Chen (National Chengchi University, Taiwan), Lakhmi Jain (University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia), Chung-Ching Tai (National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan). © 2006. 318 pages.
The Computational Intelligence and its Applications Series publishes academic work based either on one of the computational intelligence techniques or on applications of these techniques to a field of human endeavor. The books may be single author monographs, multiple author editions, conference...
Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations
Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations
Istvan Mezgar (Budapest University of Technology and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary). © 2006. 366 pages.
Integration of ICT in Smart Organizations presents the applicable concepts and methodologies of information and communication technologies, such as agent-based technologies, HUB, knowledge management, GRID, and wireless communication. This book covers these concepts while taking into account the...
Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy: Opportunities, Limitations and Risks
Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy: Opportunities, Limitations and Risks
Mahesh S. Raisinghani (Texas Woman's University, USA). © 2004. 304 pages.
Business Intelligence in the Digital Economy: Opportunities, Limitations and Risks describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. This book takes an in-depth look at the scope of global technological change...
Information and Communications Technology for Competitive Intelligence
Information and Communications Technology for Competitive Intelligence
Dirk Vriens (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands). © 2004. 318 pages.
In today's complex and dynamic world the need to be informed about what is going on in the environment of the organization is increasing rapidly. To this end, organizations implement a process called 'competitive intelligence'. Competitive intelligence (CI) is about gathering and analyzing...
Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century
Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century
Jatinder N. D. Gupta (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA), Sushil Sharma (Ball State University, USA). © 2004. 350 pages.
Business intelligence has always been considered an essential ingredient for success. However, it is not until recently that the technology has enabled organizations to generate and deploy intelligence for global competition. These technologies can be leveraged to create the intelligent enterprises of...
Neural Networks in Business Forecasting
Neural Networks in Business Forecasting
G. Peter Zhang (Georgia State University, USA). © 2004. 350 pages.
Forecasting is one of the most important activities that form the basis for strategic, tactical, and operational decisions in all business organizations. Recently, neural networks have emerged as an important tool for business forecasting. There are considerable interests and applications in...
Neural Networks in Business: Techniques and Applications
Neural Networks in Business: Techniques and Applications
Jatinder N. D. Gupta (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA), Kate A. Smith (Monash University, Australia). © 2002. 272 pages.
Neural Networks in Business: Techniques and Applications aims to be an introductory reference book for professionals, students and academics interested in applying neural networks to a variety of business applications. The book introduces the three most common neural network models and how they work...
Data Mining and Business Intelligence: A Guide to Productivity
Data Mining and Business Intelligence: A Guide to Productivity
Richard Hoptroff (Consultant, The Netherlands), Stephan Kudyba (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA). © 2001. 180 pages.
Data Mining and Business Intelligence: A Guide to Productivity provides an overview of data mining technology and how it is applied in a business environment. It describes the corresponding data mining methodologies that are used to solve a variety of business problems which enhance firm-level...