Publications

Major publications

Books and Monographs

‘Strengthening Rural Livelihoods: The impact of information and communication technologies in Asia’ D.J. Grimshaw and S. Kala (Eds.) IDRC and Practical Action Publishing, Rugby, March 2011.

What are the key lessons for ICT4D partnerships for poverty reduction?’ A systematic review of the evidence, DFID, London, February 2011.

‘Connecting the First Mile’, S. Talyarkhan, D.J. Grimshaw, and L. Lowe, ITDG Publishing, 2005, 67pp.

‘Business to Business: Collaborating with trading Partners in the Digital Economy’, D.J. Grimshaw, K. Breu, and A. Myers, Cranfield School of Management and Microsoft, October, 2000, 29pp.

‘Exploiting e-Business: A Survey of UK Industry’,  D.J. Grimshaw, K. Breu, and A. Myers, July, 2000, 45pp.

‘Knowledge: Releasing the Value of Knowledge’: Cranfield School of Management and Microsoft, June, 2000, 27pp.

‘The Business Value of Knowledge Exploitation: A Survey of UK Industry’,  K. Breu, D.J. Grimshaw and A. Myers, May, 2000, 49pp.

Bringing Geographical Information Systems into Business‘, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, 346pp.

‘IT in Business: A Manager’s Casebook’, D. Targett, D.J. Grimshaw and P. Powell (Eds.) Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1999, 318pp.

Bringing Geographical Information Systems into Business‘, Longmans, Harlow August 1994, 288pp, Reprinted January, 1997, GeoInformation International, Cambridge.

‘GIS Potential and Applications’, D.J. Grimshaw (ed.) London, Royal Town Planning Institute, ISBN 0 901151, September, 1993, 44pp.

‘Information Management and Strategies‘, Distance Learning MBA Notes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, January, 1993, 300pp. (with R.D. Galliers and R.J. Ormerod).

‘Geographic Information Systems: A Planner’s Introductory Guide’, P. Thorpe, D.J. Grimshaw, M. Marlow and J. Aybet (eds.) London, Royal Town Planning Institute, ISBN 0 901151 68 8, October, 1992, 36pp.

‘Information Systems and Computing’, Distance Learning MBA Notes, Second Edition, Wolsey Hall, Oxford, January, 1990, 250pp. (with G. Fitzgerald)

‘Information Systems and Computing’, Distance Learning MBA Notes, First, Wolsey Hall, Oxford, January, 1987, 250pp. (with G. Fitzgerald)

Computers in Planning‘, City of Birmingham Polytechnic and Coventry Polytechnic, April, 1986, ISBN 1 85087 020 9, 350pp. (with Bardon, K.S., Mason, G.M., and Stothers, N.

Chapters in Books

“Information Overload.” Oxford Bibliographies in “Communications”. Ed. Patricia Moy. New York: Oxford University Press, 28 November 2016. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0133.xml

‘Local Voices Enhance Knowledge Uptake: Sharing Local Content in Local Voices’, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol 40, (2010) 1-12, (with Lawrence Gudza).

‘Inclusive Innovation: Beyond the Laboratory’. In Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development, Nathaniel O. Agola and Alan Hunter (Eds.) pp. 21-38. Palgrave Macmillan: UK, 2016, 21-38.

‘ICT4D and Poverty Reduction’, In: Mansell, R., & Ang, P. H. The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society, Wiley Blackwell-ICA Encyclopedias of Communication. Malden and Oxford, UK: Wiley,  2015, 410-418.

‘Marrying the Capability Approach, Appropriate Technology and STS: The Case of Podcasting Devices in Zimbabwe’,In: Human Capabilities, Technology, and Design, Jeroen van den Hoven and Ilse Oosterlaken (Eds.) Springer: Dordrecht. (with Pim Janssen and Ilse Oosterlaken) 2012, 113-134.

‘Towards Pro-Poor Nano Innovation (Zimbabwe, Peru, Nepal)’, in: Nanotechnology and Global Sustainability, D. Maclurcan and N. Radywyl (Eds.) CRC Press: Boca Ratan, 2012, 175-190.

‘Beyond ideas, making information work for livelihoods’ In: ‘Strengthening Rural Livelihoods: The impact of information and communication technologies in Asia’ D.J. Grimshaw and S. Kala (Eds.) IDRC and Practical Action Publishing, Rugby, March 2011, 1-14.

‘How can nanotechnologies fulfil the needs of developing countries?’, reprinted in: The Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society II: The Challenges of Equity, Equality and Development, S. Cozzens (Ed.) Springer, 2010.

‘How can nanotechnologies fulfil the needs of developing countries?’ in: Nanotechnology Applications: Solutions for Improving Water Quality, Mamadou Diallo, Jeremiah Duncan, Nora Savage, Anita Street, and Richard C. Sustich. (Eds.) William Andrew: Norwich NY. 2009, 535-550. (with Lawrence Gudza and Jack Stilgoe).

“Connecting the First Mile: A Best Practice Framework for ICT Based Knowledge Sharing Inititatives”, in: Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Craig Van Slyke (Ed.) Information Science Reference, Hershey: PA, 2008, 513-533. (with Surmaya Talyarkhan and Lucky Lowe).

Referreed Journals

‘Local Voices Enhance Knowledge Uptake: Sharing Local Content in Local Voices’, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Vol 40, (2010) 1-12, (with Lawrence Gudza).

‘An Exploratory Comparison of e-Commerce Adoption in Large and Small Enterprises’, Journal of Information Technology, Vol.17, No.3 (2002) 133-147 (with Daniel, E.M.).

‘Non-Functional Requirements Analysis: Deficiencies in Structured Methods’, Information and Software Technology, Vol.43, No.11, (2001) 629-634 (with Godfrey Draper)

‘Harnessing the Power of Geographical Knowledge: The potential for data integration in an SME’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.21, No.2, (2001) 183-191.

‘The Role of Context in Decision Making: Some Implications for Database Design’, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.6, No.2, (1997) 122-128, (with Stuart A. Roberts and Peter L Mott).

‘Management Strategies for the Adoption of GIS: The Case of Volvo Cars Europe’, Journal of Targeting, Measurement & Analysis for Marketing. Vol.5, No 4, (June 1997). 305-318.

‘Using Spatial Data to Reduce Risk Exposure in the General Insurance Industry’, Journal of Financial Information Systems, August, 1996, http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/fsl/fisjnl/index.html

‘The Use of Spatial Models to Support Decision Making’, Journal of Targeting, Measurement & Analysis for Marketing, Vol.4 No.4 (May, 1996), 314-325. (with Martin Clarke).

‘A Comparative Study of Information Management Technology between China and the Western Countries’, Management World, Vol.6, 1993, 93-97. (with Zhao Ping).

‘A Comparative Study of the Application of IT in China and the West’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.12, No.4, (December, 1992), 287-293. (with Zhao Ping).

‘Taking Technology Opportunities to the Business’, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Vol.1, No.2, (June, 1992) 106-110. (with Mervyn A. Hinton).

‘Towards a Taxonomy of Information Systems’, Journal of Information Technology, Vol.7, No.1, (March, 1992), 30-36.

‘GIS as part of the Corporate Information Strategy’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.11, (December, 1991), 292-297.

‘Expert Systems Assisted Case Studies on a Local Area Network’, University Computing, Vol.11, No.4, (September, 1989)

‘Geographical Information Systems: A Tool for Business and Industry?’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.9 (July, 1989), 119-126.

‘Office Automation in Local Government in the U.K.’, Local Government Studies, Vol.15, No.2, (March/April, 1989). 57-65, (with B. Kemp)

‘Monitoring the Use of Land and Property Information Systems’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.8 (September, 1988) 191-205.

‘Trends in the Use of Information Technology in Local Government’, Local Government Studies, Vol.14, No.4, (July/August, 1988), 15-25. (with A. Haddad)

‘A Review of Land and Property Information Systems Practice’, International Journal of Information Management, Vol.8 (June, 1988), 81-92.

‘The Use of Land and Property Information Systems’, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, Vol.2, No.1 (January – March, 1988) 57-65.