Beschreibung
An objective look at what Internet commerce can offer both the consumer and the provider. It covers three main areas of concern to business today: how to join the Internet revolution, how to manage it, and how to benefit from it. The book is primarily of interest as background reading for researchers and advanced level students in the following areas: electronic commerce, business studies, computer-mediated communication, management of information systems, project management, and organisational change. However, it will also be of interest to corporate managers involved in developing their companies'Internet-based strategies, and to anyone interested in how to buy or sell on the Net.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Inhaltsangabe1. Introduction.- Joining the Internet Revolution.- 2. Internet Commerce - Hot Cakes and Dead Ducks.- 3. When Does Virtual Have Value?.- 4. Will You Use Animation on Your Web Pages? Experiments of Animation Effects and Implications for Web User Interface Design and Online Advertising.- 5. Evolution of Web Information Systems: Exploring the Methodological Shift in the Context of Dynamic Business Ecosystems.- Managing the Internet Revolution.- 6. Financial Institutions and the Internet: Issues and Trends.- 7. Protecting Sensitive Information in Electronic Commerce.- 8. Towards Business Oriented Intranets: Knowledge Management in Organisations.- 9. Ensuring Security and Trust in Electronic Commerce.- III: Benefitting from the Internet Revolution.- 10. Small Business and Internet Commerce: What are the Lessons Learned?.- 11. Towards Culturally Aware Information Systems.- 12. The Online Stock Broker: An Investigation of Electronic Contracting on the Web.- 13. Consumer Information Search and Decision Making in the Electronic Commerce Environment.- 14. Fiddlers on the Wire: Music, Electronic Commerce and Local Economic Development on a Virtual Cape Breton Island, Canada - A Case Study.- Global Perspectives of the Internet Revolution.- 15. Consumer Adoption of Electronic Commerce: The US Perspective.- 16. Electronic Commerce in Israel.- 17. Electronic Commerce in China.- 18. An Action Research Report of an E-Commerce Firm in South Korea.- About the Contributors.
