Opportunities and Strategic Use of Agribusiness Information Systems, 1 volume

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Ferdinand Ndifor Che is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship. He was the Associate Dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at American University of Nigeria from May 2015 until June 2017. He obtained his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (NH, USA), his B.Eng. (Hons) and Ph.D. from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UK), and an MSc. from Oxford University (UK). He was the founder of Energy Critic Ltd, a UK boutique consulting firm based in London partnering with small and emerging companies to transform the way businesses serve customers in the technology, telecoms, logistics, and energy sectors. He also pursued other entrepreneurial interests including starting an innovative parcel delivery and logistics business in London. He has also worked for the Financial Times, GlaxoSmithKline, and other global organizations in the past, championing the use of innovation and ICTs to create value for customers in a responsible and sustainable way. His research interests are centered around harnessing the potential of technology for the benefit of society and the application of a multidisciplinary and data science approach to management problems.

Kenneth David Strang has more than 260 mostly-sole-authored scholarly publications. He is a professor who teaches and supervises undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students across five disciplines: business administration, management information systems, marketing/consumer behavior, supply chain management and economics/statistics. Ken has a doctorate in project management (operations research), an MBA (strategic management), a BSBA (marketing), an AAS (IT) all with summa cum laude/honors plus he is an internationally licensed Project Management Professional (PMI, USA), a Certified Research Professional (IIPMR, USA), a Certified Network Administrator (Novell, USA), a Certified Supply Chain Specialist/Procurement Professional (IIPMR, USA) and a Fellow Life Management Institute with distinction (LOMA, USA). Dr. Strang has lifetime grant projects valued over $7 million+, and he has won several honors including a Behavior Energy Climate Change Fellowship from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the Emerald Literati award and Duke of Edinborough community service medal, along with several presidential citations.

Narasimha Rao Vajjhala currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of New York Tirana in Albania. He previously held the position of Chair for the Computer Science and Software Engineering programs at the American University of Nigeria. Dr. Vajjhala is a senior member of both the ACM and IEEE. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management (IJRCM) and a member of the Risk Management Society (RIMS) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). With over 23 years of experience, Dr. Vajjhala has taught programming and database-related courses across Europe and Africa at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also worked as a consultant for technology firms in Europe and participated in EU-funded projects. Dr. Vajjhala holds a Doctorate in Information Systems and Technology from the United States, a Master of Science in Computer Science and Applications from India, and a Master of Business Administration specializing in Information Systems from Switzerland.