TY - BOOK AU - Laudon,Kenneth C. AU - Laudon,Jane Price TI - Essentials of business information systems. SN - 0132277816 AV - T58.6.L3753 U1 - 658.4/038011 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Management information systems N1 - Rev. ed. of: Essentials of management information systems : managing the digital firm / Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon. c2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. R-1 - R-10) and index; Contents: Business information systems in your career -- E-business: how businesses use information systems -- Achieving competitive advantage with information systems -- IT infrastructure: hardware and software -- Foundations of business intelligence: databases and information management -- Telecommunications, the internet and wireless technology -- Securing information systems -- Achieving operational excellence and customer intimacy: enterprise applications -- E-commerce: digital markets, digital goods -- Improving decision making and managing knowledge -- Building information systems -- Ethical and social issues in information systems ER -