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CHAPTER
CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY AND
10 3 BUSINESS RESEARCH

TOPICS DISCUSSED

INFORMATION NEEDS OF BUSINESS
COMMONLY USED TECHNOLOGIES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH
• The Internet
• Electronic Mail
• The Intranet
• Browsers
• Web Sites
SOME SOFTWARE USED IN BUSINESS RESEARCH
• Groupware
• Neural Networks
• CAM/CAD
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Data Analytic Software Programs
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
• Handheld Devices
• Interactive Voice, CD-ROM
• Digital Boards
• Group Videoconferencing
• Virtual Reality
• Linkage of PCs to Electronic Devices
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING
• Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Operations Research
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CYBERSPACE
DATA STORAGE AND SURVEILLANCE
• Storage of Databases
• Data Security
MANAGERIAL ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS
ETHICS IN HANDLING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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