Why Information Systems?
Because of three main developments:
- 1. Global markets
- 2. Transformation of industrial economies and societies into knowledge- and information based economies
- 3. Transformation of the business enterprise
Some implications of significance:
- 24/7 global service requirement
- in the U.S. knowledge and information work account for 75 % of the American GNP
- on average, IT investments represent 50% of all invested capital in American firms (in service industries 70%)