It will publish research, applied, and educational articles from all areas of MIS as well as functional IT applications that have international focus. The journal will also consider a variety of methodological approaches. The journal encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also include educational cases and reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global aspects. Global electronic commerce holds the promise of exponential growth and opportunities for businesses to expand their markets.
Electronic commerce holds the greatest promise when applied to specific industry groups.
The group that has the greatest potential impact for growth via EC is the service sector. This editorial reviews the impact of global electronic business on the trade in services. The opinions of the highest ranked executives or managers for the IS functions are solicited for a sample of Kuwaiti organizations. The results indicate that IS managers are equally concerned with managerial and technology related issues. The overriding priorities are strongly related to the general category of information infrastructure issues.