Preface - Kenneth E Kendall PART ONE: DECISION-SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES Recommendations Systems - Edward A Stohr and Sivakumar Visanathan Decision Support for the Information Economy Animation in User Interfaces Designed for Decision Support Systems - Cleotilde Gonzalez and George M Kaspar The Effects of Image Abstraction, Transition and Interactivity on Decision Quality The Emergence of Hypertext and Problem Solving - Narender K Ramarapu, Mark N Frolick, Ronald B Wilkes and James C Wetherbe An Experimental Investigation on Accessing and Using Information from Linear Versus Nonlinear Systems Data Warehousing - Paul Gray Three Major Applications and Their Significance Artificial Intelligence - Phillip Ein-Dor A Short History and the Next Forty Years PART TWO: COOPERATION-FACILITATING TECHNOLOGIES Media Appropriateness - Ruth C King and Weidong Xia Effects of Experience on Communication Media Choice Group Support Systems, Power and Influence in an Organization - Susan Rebstock Williams and Rick L Wilson A Field Study An Empirical Investigation Into Factors Relating to the Adoption of Executive Information Systems - Arun Rai and Deepinder S Bajwa An Analysis of EIS for Collaboration and Decision Support Virtual Teams Versus Face-to-Face Teams - Merrill E Warkentin, Luifus Sayeed and Ross Hightower An Exploratory Study of a Web-based Conference System PART THREE: INFRASTRUCTURE-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES Web Pull and Push Technologies - Julie E Kendall and Kenneth E Kendall The Emergence and Future of Information Delivery Systems Structure and Macro-Level Impacts of Electronic Commerce - Vladimir Zwass From Technological Infrastructure to Electronic Marketplaces Client/Server System Success - Tor Guimaraes and Magid Igbaria Exploring the Human Side Knowledge Work Productivity - Gordon B Davis and J David Naumann Features and Fuctions of Information Technologies