E-Business Models, Services, and Communications

by Lee, In

• ISBN13: 9781599048314
• ISBN10: 1599048310
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

With the rapid advancement in information technologies, e-business is rapidly growing in significance and is having a direct impact upon business applications and technologies.E-Business Models, Services and Communications provides researchers and practitioners with valuable information on recent advances and developments in emerging e-business models and technologies. This book covers a variety of topics such as e-business models, telecommunication network utilization, online consumer behavior, electronic communication adoption and service provider strategies, and privacy policies and implementation issues.

Table of Contents

E-Business Models and Organizations
Markets, Hierarchies, and the Evolving Nature of Interorganizational Cooperation	p. 1
Implementing E-Business Models in the Public Services: Challenges, Constraints, and Successful Elements	p. 22
Ambient E-Service: Applications and Embracing Model	p. 54
Superior Customer Value and Network Size in Markets Characterized by Network Effects	p. 84
E-Business Strategies
Pure Play vs. Bricks-and-Clicks: A Study of Their Benefits and Practices	p. 98
Engaging SMEs in E-Business: Insights from an Empirical Study	p. 119
China and India: E-Business in the Developing World	p. 139
The Role of Trust in Business-to-Business E-Commerce Collaboration in a Unique Environment in Australia	p. 159
Web Services
Incorporating Web Services into E-Business Systems: An SME Perspective	p. 183
Modelling in Clinical Practice with Web Services and BPEL	p. 209
Assessing the Potential Impact of Web Services on Business Processes	p. 222
Web Service Orchestration and Choreography: Enabling Business Processes on the Web	p. 251
Metering and Accounting for Service-Oriented Computing	p. 275
Online Consumer Behavior
Effects of Web-Based Customer Relationship Management on Customer Satisfaction: A Structual Equation Modeling Analysis	p. 306
The Formation of Online Trust	p. 325
The Influence of Familiarity and Security on Decision Making Processes in E-Commerce: The Role of User Experience	p. 344
Online Intermediaries
The Roles of Online Intermediaries in Collective Memory-Supported Electronic Negotiation	p. 355
Morethailand.com: Online Travel Intermediary	p. 373
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