E-Business Technologies Supporting the Net-Enhanced Organization

by Van Slyke, Craig; Bélanger, France

• ISBN13: 9780471393924
• ISBN10: 0471393924
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-27
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Understand the technologies that enable e-business If you want to understand what is happening in the world of e-business today and tomorrow, you' ll need a solid understanding of the technologies underlying e-business and how they fit together. That' s why Craig Van Slyke and France Bé langer' s E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES: Supporting the Net-Enhanced Organization focuses on the technologies that enable e-business. This new volume in NEO: The Wiley Series on Net-Enhanced Organizations prepares you to actively participate in the planning, analysis, development, and implementation of e-business environments as you enter the job market. Critical acclaim " The material and way in which it was written actually makes the material exciting to read. I found myself, in general, being drawn into the material, something that hasn' t happened in years." - William J. Tastle, Ithaca College " The text includes a good blend of current and historical perspectives. It also contains a broad view of the topic of e-business that is not limited to an MIS department, but takes a fuller organizational approach." - Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University What' s NEO? New technologies, new strategies, new terminologies ... Now there' s a NEO series designed to help students respond to the latest changes and trends in the rapidly developing field of e-business. The Wiley Series on Net-Enhanced Organizations: Transforming the Organization through Internet Technologies (NEO) gives students the resources they need to develop a comprehensive understanding of e-business and its technological underpinnings- essential knowledgein the Internet age.

Author Biography

<b>Craig Van Slyke</b> is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Central Florida. He was formerly a member of the Management Information Systems faculty at Ohio University. In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Van Slyke spent ten years in the information technology industry in a number of technical, managerial, and marketing positions.<br> Dr. Van Slyke's current research interests are in electronic commerce, and information technology and education. Issues in electronic commerce of particular interest include factors relating to its adoption by individuals (especially the role of trust in adoption decisions), its adoption by small businesses, and differences in its adoption across cultures and across genders. Information technology and education topics researched are skills required of IT professionals, teams and teamwork, and technology mediation of distance learning.<br> Dr. Van Slyke has published in a number of journals, including the <I>Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery, Information Resource Management Journal, Annals of Cases on Information Technology Applications, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Journal of Information System Education, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application</I>, and <I>Information Technology, Learning and Performance Journal</I>. In addition, he has contributed chapters to several edited research compilations.<br> Dr. Van Slyke has taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate information technology courses, including Electronic Commerce, Database Administration, Systems Analysis and Design, and the Management of Information Systems. He has also lectured internationally on a variety of topics related to electronic business. In 2001, Dr. Van Slyke received the Galloway Award for Undergraduate teaching.<br> Dr. Van Slyke received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of South Florida. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from thre University of Central Florida. <p> <b>France B&eacute;langer</b> is the Director of the Center for Global E-Commerce and an associate professor of information systems in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech. Prior to her academic career, she held various technical, marketing, and managerial positions in large information systems and telecommunications corporations in Canada. She has also provided consulting services to corporations In Florida.<br> Dr. B&eacute;langer's research interests focus on the use of telecommunication technologies in organizations, in particular for distributed work arrangements, electronic commerce, and distance learning. She has published in numerous Information Systems journals, including <I>Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transaction on Professional Communication, Information & Management, The Information Society, Information Resources Management Journal, Database, Office Systems Research Journal e-Service Journal</I> and the <I>Journal of Information Systems Education</I>. Her first book, for managers, entitled <I>Evaluation and Implementation of Distance Learning: Technologies, Tools and Techniques</I> (Idea Group Publishing, 2000), was co-authored with Dr. Dianne H. Jordan. Dr. B&eacute;langer work has been funded by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the Department of Education, and the Commonwealth of Virginia's Center for Innovativae Technology.<br> Dr. B&eacute;langer has been teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate technical and managerial IS courses, including Systems Analysis and Design, Database Management Systems, Managing Information Services, E-Commerce Security, Web Applications and E-Commerce, and many Telecommunications, Networks, and Data Communications courses. She also designed Web-based seminars for businesses, and taught continuing education courses on E-Commerce, the Internet, and Security both in Virginia and Florida. She received the Pamplin College Award for the undergraduate teaching at Virginia Tech In 2001.<br> amp;eacute;langer received her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of South Florida. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a College Degree in Applied Sciences from Ahuntsic College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Electronic Business.

Chapter 2: Impacts of Electronic Business.

Chapter 3: Barriers to Electronic Business.

Chapter 4: The Internet and World Wide Web for E-business.

Chapter 5: Electronic Business Applications Development.

Chapter 6: Telecommunication Technologies for E-business.

Chapter 7: Client/Server Technologies for E-business.

Chapter 8: Integrating Back-Office Communications.

Chapter 9: Providing Content for Electronic Business.

Chapter 10: Privacy and Security in E-business.

Chapter 11: Electronic Payment Systems in E-business.

Chapter 12: Electronic Business Architecture.

Glossary.

Index.