xiv Preface To keep pace with the rapidly expanding world of global business, it is vital to stay abreast of the latest advances in management and technological strategies for a globalized market. This book of advances in management practices offers just those set of tools to a manager, IT professional, business student, or any member of the global business chain. Narrowing the field of global business to give the most relevant and helpful practices exposure, "In- ternational Enterprises and Global Information Technologies: Advancing Management Practices" offers fifteen chapters in three sections. The authors of these chapters hail from a dozen countries around the world, offering insight in case studies and comparisons of international enterprises. The first section, "Technology Impact and Use" introduces some of the latest in the information technology, its governance, and the trends in terminology and semantics surrounding these advances.