"Cover"--"Half Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Contributors" -- "Statement of Endorsement" -- "Preface" -- "Introduction: IT in Developing Countries" -- "PART I: ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT" -- "1 Information Systems and Human Activity in Nepal" -- "2 The Role of Thai Values in Managing Information Systems: A Case Study of Implementing a MRP System" -- "3 On the Design of Management Assistance Systems for SMEs in Developing Countries" -- "4 Strategic Use of Information Technology Requires Knowing How to Use Information" -- "5 Development of a Technology Intelligence Information System in Mexico: A Case Study" -- "6 Getting Value from IT Investments: Experiences from Two Organisations" -- "7 What's in Information Technology? Issues in Deploying IS in Organisations and Developing Countries" -- "PART II: SECTORAL CONTEXT" -- "8 Health Information Systems in Mongolia: A Difficult Process of Change" -- "9 Made-in-Nigeria Systems Development Methodologies: An Action Research Project in the Health Sector" -- "10 Analysis of Wireless Health Care Information Systems in Developing Countries" -- "11 Institutional Intervention in the Adoption of Computer-based Information Systems (CBIS): The Case of the Nigerian Banking Industry" -- "12 Competitive Advantage in the Software Industry: An Analysis of the Indian Experience" -- "PART III: WIDER CONTEXT" -- "13 Information Technology, Information Systems and Public Sector Accountability" -- "14 Urbanisation and Megacities in Developing Countries: The Management Challenge" -- "15 Local Language Software in South Asia" -- "16 Managing Roadblocks to the ECOWAS Trade Statistics Network" -- "17 Information Technology in Africa: The Policy of the World Bank