As dot.com companies grapple with rigid market conditions and we keep hearing how the big technology players are being punished on Wall Street, it becomes easy to think of the Internet as a fad. The Internet frenzy may have subsided, but interest in the Internet as a business and marketing tool is still strong. It will continue to impact organizati

E-business is much more than e-commerce. Companies can spend millions of pounds developing online retail outlets without altering their organization or procedures. This text introduces managers to the nature and scope of this change.

In Beyond E-Business: Towards Networked Structures Paul Grefen returns with his tried and tested BOAT framework for e-business, now fully expanded and updated with the very latest overview of digitally connected business; from business models, organization structures and architecture, to information technology. What used to be termed "e-business" is now simply business as usual. Today’s successful organizations are complex; they are part of dynamic business networks built on digital channels, going far beyond traditional e-business. This text provides invaluable insights of modern e-business integrated with networked business, going much further than the usual analysis of traditional e-business texts. Included is coverage of the Big Five—social media, mobile computing, big data, cloud computing, and the internet of things --as well as service-oriented business and technology. This essential text provides a compact roadmap to networked e-business for engineering, information systems or business students as well as professionals in the field.

The essential guide to e-business security for managers and ITprofessionals Securing E-Business Systems provides business managers andexecutives with an overview of the components of an effectivee-business infrastructure, the areas of greatest risk, and bestpractices safeguards. It outlines a security strategy that allowsthe identification of new vulnerabilities, assists in rapidsafeguard deployment, and provides for continuous safeguardevaluation and modification. The book thoroughly outlines aproactive and evolving security strategy and provides a methodologyfor ensuring that applications are designed with security in mind.It discusses emerging liabilities issues and includes security bestpractices, guidelines, and sample policies. This is the bible ofe-business security. Timothy Braithwaite (Columbus, MD) is Deputy Director ofInformation Assurance Programs for Titan Corporation. He hasmanaged data centers, software projects, systems planning, andbudgeting organizations, and has extensive experience in projectand acquisition management. He is also the author of Y2K LessonsLearned (Wiley: 0-471-37308-7).

Mastering e-Business presents an innovative, new teaching framework to help students gain a thorough understanding of the principles of this vital aspect of business and management.

Web technologies play a critical role in today's web-enabled e-Business. A key to success in applying the web-based technologies to the real world problems lies in understanding the architectural issues and developing the appropriate methodologies and tools for designing e-Business systems. The main purpose of Architectural Issues of Web-Enabled Electronic Business therefore, is to provide e-Business professionals a holistic perspective of this field that covers a wide range of topics.

This is a source for students on ebusiness courses, but also for students taking modules in ebusiness as part of traditional degrees in business, marketing, computing, and information systems.

"This book presents quality articles focused on key issues concerning technology in business"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic Commerce Management for Business Activities and Global Enterprises: Competitive Advantages is written as an e-commerce textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in various business programs, including information systems, marketing, computer science, and MBA. In addition to serving as a textbook in e-commerce, this book also provides an excellent repository for instructors, researchers, and industry practitioners for their research ideas, theories, and practical experiences. In addition to regular topics traditionally taught in the classroom, this textbook addresses the many new emerging ideas and applications and presents tools and techniques in all aspects of e-commerce development and management in the global economy.

Enhances libraries worldwide through top research compilations from over 250 international authors in the field of e-business.