Management information systems, in its tenth edition, continues to base itself on the business and managerial perspective by following a modular structure which reflects the five major areas of the framework (business applications, management challenges, information technologies, foundation concepts, and development processes). The text defines technology and then explains how companies use the technology to improve performance. Real world cases finalize the explanation. This edition, like its predecessors, aims to help students learn how to use and manage information technologies to revitalize business processes, improve business decision making, and gain competitive advantage 2013.table of contentsfeatures29 new real world cases and 14 indian case-studies: provide in-depth business examples of the successes and challenges that companies experience in implementing the information technology concepts covered in each chapteremerging technologies: includes cloud computing, smashups and widgets, grid and autonomic computing, radiofrequency identification (rfid), and in-memory computing among other sub-topicsmore than 95 case-studies: will featuremodule i: foundation concepts1. Foundations of information systems in businesssection i: foundation concepts: information systems in businesssection ii: foundation concepts: the components of information systems2. Competing with information technologysection i: fundamentals of strategic advantagesection ii: using information technology for strategic advantagemodule ii: information technologies3. Computer hardwaresection i: computer systems: end user and enterprise computingsection ii: computer peripherals: input, output, and storage technologies4. Computer softwaresection i: application software: end user applicationssection ii: system software: computer system management5. - from Amzon