(Allied-Signal Inc.), James D. Best (1997). The Digital Organization: AlliedSignal's Success with Business Technology. (New York, NY: Wiley, 234 p.). Former Vice President, Computing and Network Operations (AlliedSignal). Allied-Signal Inc.--Management; High technology industries--United States--Management--Case studies; International business enterprises--United States--Management--Case studies; Management information systems--Case studies.

(Cap Gemini Sogeti), Tristan Gaston-Breton; preface, Valery Giscard d’Estaing (1999). La Saga Cap Gemini: L’Incroyable Histoire de l’une des Plus Belles Success Stories Francaises de L'Informatique. (Paris, FR: Point de Mire, 165 p.). Cap Gemini Sogeti (Firm); Computer service industry--France.

(Mitre Corporation), Davis Dyer, Michael Aaron Dennis (1998). Architects of Information Advantage: The Mitre Corporation Since 1958. (Montgomery, AL: Community Communications, p.). Mitre Corporation--Case studies; Information technology--United States; Command and control systems--United States; Administrative agencies--United States--Data processing; United States--Defenses--Data processing.

(World Wildlife Fund), Gregory S. Smith (2006). Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 240 p.). Vice President, CIO of IT at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, DC. Chief information officers--Vocational guidance; Information technology--Management--Vocational guidance; Information resources management--Vocational guidance. View, from executive recruiter's perspective, of traits top search firms look for in CIO candidates. 

Bruce Abramson (2005). Digital Phoenix: Why the Information Economy Collapsed and How It Will Rise Again. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 361 p.). Consultant, Lawyer with Focus on Issues Related to the Digital Economy. Information technology--Economic aspects; Internet--Economic aspects. 

James R. Beniger (1986). The Control Revolution: Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 493 p.). Associate Professor at the Annenberg School of Communications (USC). Communication--Social aspects--United States; Information technology--Social aspects--United States; Information society; Computers and civilization. Origin of Information Society - major economic, business crises of past century: 1) steam power, 2) Industrial Revolution, 3) data processing, 4) microprocessing.

Richard D. Brown (1989). Knowledge Is Power: The Diffusion of Information in Early America, 1700-1865. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 372 p.). Professor of History (University of Connecticut). Communication--United States--History; United States--Civilization--To 1783; United States--Civilization--1783-1865. 

Nicholas G. Carr (2004). Does IT Matter?: Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 208 p.). Information technology; Technological innovations. 

--- (2008). The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google. (New York, NY: Norton, 224 p.). Former Executive Editor (Harvard Business Review). Computers and civilization; Information technology--Social aspects; Technological innovations; Internet. History, economics, technology  - why computing is changing, turning into a utility, just as privately generated steam power turned into public electric utilities 100 years ago; what cheap computing means for society. 

Eds. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., James W. Cortada (2000). A Nation Transformed by Information: How Information Has Shaped the United States from Colonial Times to the Present. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 380 p.). Information technology--United States--History.

Claudio Ciborra; with a foreword by Kristen Nygaard (2002). The Labyrinths of Information: Challenging the Wisdom of Systems. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 195 p.). Information technology; Technological innovations; Organizational change.

compiled by James W. Cortada (1983). An Annotated Bibliography on the History of Data Processing. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 215 p.). Computers--History--Bibliography; Electronic data processing--History--Bibliography.

James W. Cortada (1996). Information Technology as Business History: Issues in the History and Management of Computers. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 263 p.). Director of CSL Programs and Support for IBM Global Services. Business--Data processing--History; Information technology--Management--History; Electronic data processing--History. 

--- (2002). Making the Information Society: Experience, Consequences, and Possibilities. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 469 p.). Director of CSL Programs and Support for IBM Global Services and Chairman of the Charles Babbage Foundation at the University of Minnesota. Information society--United States; Information technology--Economic aspects--United States; Information technology--Social aspects--United States. 

Stan Davis, Christopher Meyer (1998). Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 265 p.). Information technology--Economic aspects; Telecommunication--Technological innovations; Technology and civilization.

Larry Downes, Chunka Mui ; [foreword by Nicholas Negroponte] (2000). Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 243 p.). Information technology--United States--Management; Digital communications--United States--Management; Organizational change--United States.

Matthew P. Drennan (2002). The Information Economy and American Cities. ( Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 153 p.). Information technology--Economic aspects--United States; Metropolitan areas--United States; Urban economics; United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001; United States--Economic conditions--1971-1981; United States--Economic conditions--1961-1971.

Johannes Cornelis Maria van den Ende (1994). The Turn of the Tide: Computerization in Dutch Society, 1900-1965. (Delft, Netherlands: Delft University Press, 267 p.). Automation--Economic aspects--Netherlands; Automation--Social aspects--Netherlands.

Philip Evans, Thomas S. Wurster (2000). Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 261 p.). Information technology; Knowledge management; Strategic planning.

Chris Freeman and Francisco Louçã (2001). As Time Goes By: From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 407 p.). Long waves (Economics)--History; Information technology--History; Industrial revolution.

Daniel R. Headrick (2000). When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 246 p.). Professor of Social Science and History (Roosevelt University). Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--18th century; Learning and scholarship--Europe--History--19th century; Information resources--Europe--History--18th century; Information resources--Europe--History--19th century; Enlightenment; Europe--Intellectual life--18th century; Europe--Intellectual life--19th century. Information Age is step in long cultural process with conceptual roots in profound changes that occurred during Age of Reason and Revolution. 

Erik Keller (2004). Technology Paradise Lost: Why Companies Will Spend Less To Get More from Information Technology. (Greenwich, CT: Manning Publications, 260 p.). Former Research Fellow (Gartner Group). Information technology--Finance. New IT-think. 

Steven Johnson (1997). Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate. (San Francisco, CA: HarperEdge, 264 p.). Editor, Online Magazine (Feed). Information technology--Social aspects; Information society; Communication and culture. 

--- (2001). Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. (New York, NY: Scribner, 288 p.). Editor, Online Magazine (Feed). Self-organizing systems; Swarm intelligence; Systems engineering. 

Dean Lane (2004). CIO Wisdom: Best Practices from Silicon Valley's Leading IT Experts. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR, 412 p.). Senior Director Information Technology (Symantec Corporation). Information technology--Management; Information resources management--Miscellanea; Management information systems--Miscellanea.

Richard A. Lanham (2006). The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 326 p.). Professor Emeritus of English (University of California, Los Angeles). Information society--Economic aspects; Economics--Sociological aspects; Information technology--Social aspects. Move from economy of things, objects to economy of attention, grounded in  humanities and liberal arts. 

Paul Levinson (1997). The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution. (New York, NY: Routledge, 257 p.). Information technology--History; Information technology--Forecasting.

Steven Lubar (1993). InfoCulture: The Smithsonian Book of Information Age Inventions. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 408 p.). National Museum of American History (U.S.)--Exhibitions; Information technology--History.

James L. McKenney with Duncan C. [i.e. G.] Copeland, Richard O. Mason (1995). Waves of Change: Business Evolution Through Information Technology. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 230 p.). Information technology--United States--Management--History; Business enterprises--United States--Automation--History; Organizational change--United States--History.

Jeff Papows (1998). Enterprise.com: Market Leadership in the Information Age. (Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 240 p.). Head of Lotus Software Unit of IBM. Information technology--Economic aspects; Industrial management--Data processing; Information technology--Social aspects; World Wide Web; Information society.

Harvey L. Poppel, Bernard Goldstein; with foreword by John Sculley (1987). Information Technology: The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 207 p.). Computer industry; Telecommunication equipment industry; Market surveys; Information technology.

William V. Rapp (2002). Information Technology Strategies: How Leading Firms Use IT To Gain an Advantage. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 303 p.). Information technology--Management; Business--Data processing; Strategic planning; Information technology--Management--Case studies; Business--Data processing--Case studies; Strategic planning--Case studies.

Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, David Robertson (2006). Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press,, 288 p.). Industrial management--Automation; Information technology--Management; Strategic planning. When it comes to executing strategy, enterprise architecture may matter far more than strategy itself. 

Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian (1999). Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 352 p.). Information technology--Economic aspects; Information society.

Charlotte S. Stephens (1995). The Nature of Information Technology Managerial Work: The Work Life of Five Chief Information Officers. (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 221 p.). Information technology--Management--Case studies; Chief information officers--United States--Case studies.

George Westerman, Richard Hunter (2007). IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 221 p.). Research Scientist in the Center for Information Systems Research (MIT Sloan School of Management); Group Vice President and Gartner Fellow (Gartner Executive Programs). Information technology--Management; Management information systems; Risk management; Information technology--Security measures. New model for integrated risk management; three core areas to develop to eliminate problems that silo strategies create.

Walter B. Wriston (1992). The Twilight of Sovereignty: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our World. (New York, NY: Scribner, 192 p.). Information technology.

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