High-value PC-based GIS applications in business

Author

Kuehn, Alfred A. ; Penninti ; McGuire, Timothy W. ; Melone, Nancy Paule

Author_Institution

Manage. Sci. Associates Inc., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

4-7 Jan. 1994

Firstpage

327

Lastpage

336

Abstract

The topic of GIS (geographic information system) has received little attention in most business schools. We introduce the concept of GIS, emphasizing and providing some examples of the relatively simple, PC-based, high value-added applications that account for the recent explosive growth in GIS business applications. The ability to display information geographically is an important source of the benefits of many of these applications. We then discuss GIS as a research area for business school faculty, citing tool development and research on GIS effectiveness but focusing on the question of how cognition is affected by the form in which information is presented. We conclude with speculations about the future of GIS in business, including observations on the intrinsic multi-participant and interdisciplinary characteristics of the "geographic organization system " of the future.<>

Keywords

commerce; geographic information systems; management information systems; microcomputer applications; visual databases; PC based GIS; business school faculty; cognition; geographic information system; geographic organization system; interdisciplinary characteristics; intrinsic multiparticipant characteristics; value added applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1994. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5090-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1994.323482

Filename

323482