ISBN: 0470843764 9780470843765

Category: Computers / Electronic Commerce

Page count: 750

<p>Two significant factors combine to drive the phenomenon of e-Business.  Competition constantly motivates companies in their marketplaces, while rapidly developing information technologies offer new opportunities and challenges.</p> <p>For Mike Papazoglou and Piet Ribbers, both business and technology are integral to e-Business.  They demonstrate here how a solid understanding of business, organization, management and technology is crucial to an understanding of what e-Business is today and how it is going to be shaped in the future.</p> <p>e-Business: Organisational and Technical Foundations focuses on the development of e-Business between and within enterprises.  In particular it addresses how enterprises collaborate, what coordination mechanism are necessary and how this is reflected at the technical infrastructure level.</p> <p>It includes:</p> <ul> <li>Abundant real-world examples to encourage readers to understand and appreciate real-life<br> e-Business</li> <li>An analytical and critical approach to understanding business issues, decision-making and technology use and development</li> <li>Extensive end of chapter discussion questions and assignments for students</li> <li>A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/ebusiness with additional exercises for students and PowerPoint slides and solutions for lecturers</li> </ul>