Information systems solutions for transborder data flow problems for multinational companies

Authors:
P. Wang
Affiliations:
-
Venue:
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Year:
1993

Citing 7
Cited 0

Transborder data flow: A corporate concern

AFIPS Conference Proceedings; vol. 55 1986 National Computer Conference
Financial information flow and transborder restrictions

Journal of Systems Management
Key issues in telecommunications planning

Information and Management
Applications of global information technology: key issues for management

MIS Quarterly
A framework for transnational systems

The global issues of information technology management
Information technology in an international enterprise: an organizational framework

The global issues of information technology management
Information technology and the transnational corporation: the emerging multinational issues

The global issues of information technology management

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

While technology makes transborder data flow (TBDF) faster and cheaper, the privacy, economic concerns, sovereignty and cultural 'imperialism' factors work in the opposite direction. Nations have enacted various regulations to control TBDF as well as the use and choice of hardware, software and telecommunications. Such regulations may create major barriers for multinational companies (MNCs) to manage their global information systems (IS). The magnitude of problems of TBDF barriers on the IS of multinational-type, global-type and transnational-type MNCs is analysed. The analysis led to seven recommendations regarding the management of TBDF barriers: a decentralized global IS for multinational MNCs, a partially centralized global IS for global MNCs, a partially integrated and distributed IS for transnational MNCs, remote computing services, data reduction, alternative channels and reduction of databases.