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9780471852032

E-Business Essentials: Technology and Network for the Electronic Marketplace

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    9780471852032

  • ISBN10:

    0471852031

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

Primarily aimed at planners, engineers, managers and developers in the IT, multimedia and on-line industries. Recommended reading for students in computer science electrical & electronic engineering, IT and telecommunications.

Table of Contents

Dedication ix
Preface xi
About the Authors xiv
Acknowledgements xv
Electronic Trade
1(16)
What is eBusiness?
2(2)
The Whistle-stop Tour
4(6)
Who should be Interested?
10(2)
Are we Ready?
12(2)
About this Book
14(1)
Summary
15(2)
Further Reading
16(1)
The Electronic Marketplace
17(22)
What is an Electronic Market?
18(3)
Trading Models: Markets, Guilds and Auctions
21(3)
Seller-driven, Buyer-driven and Open Markets
24(7)
Cottage Industries and Global Markets
31(2)
What are the Roles of the Players?
33(1)
Culture, Trust and Logistics
34(3)
Summary
37(2)
Reference
38(1)
Further Reading
38(1)
The Electronic Shop
39(18)
Catalogues
40(1)
Different Scales of Catalogue
40(1)
Low-end DIY Catalogues
41(1)
Low-end Commercial Catalogues
42(1)
High-end Catalogues
43(2)
Buyers and Sellers
45(1)
Retail versus Wholesale
46(1)
Many-to-Many Markets
46(2)
Market Mediation
48(1)
Fulfilment
49(2)
Off-the-shelf Commerce Platforms
51(2)
Agents
53(2)
Summary
55(2)
Reference
56(1)
Payments, Credit and Invoicing
57(40)
Some Definitions
58(1)
Payments Trends
58(2)
Main Industry Players
60(1)
Credit and Debit Card Payments
61(7)
Electronic Cash
68(3)
Credit Accounts
71(3)
Electronic Cheques
74(1)
SET in Detail
75(7)
Payments, Micropayments and Nanopayments
82(2)
Electronic Funds Transfer
84(7)
Security and Protection for New Financial Products and Services
91(1)
How not to become a Bank or Credit Company
92(1)
Electronic Banking
93(1)
Standardisation
93(2)
Summary
95(2)
Further Information
96(1)
Trust and Security
97(18)
Privacy and Encryption
98(6)
Digital Signatures
104(2)
Trust
106(4)
Smart Cards
110(1)
Security Good Practice
111(1)
Public Key Infrastructures (PKI)
112(2)
Summary
114(1)
Further Reading
114(1)
Integration
115(22)
Definitions
116(1)
Integration Principles
117(1)
Planning Integration
118(3)
Batch-oriented Integration
121(3)
Real-time Integration
124(4)
Integration Tactics
128(2)
Integration Strategies
130(2)
The Front End
132(3)
Summary
135(2)
References
136(1)
Further Reading
136(1)
Supply Chain
137(26)
EDI: how it works, why it isn't enough
138(3)
Workflow
141(4)
Direct and Indirect Goods
145(2)
Non-credit Card Payment Systems
147(1)
Multiple Suppliers
148(2)
Case Study---Commerce-1
150(2)
Intranets, Extranets and COINs
152(1)
Legacy Suppliers
153(1)
XML
154(6)
Summary
160(3)
Further Reading
161(2)
Setting Up Shop
163(14)
Ready, Steady ... Shop
163(6)
Where you Get Your Stuff
169(1)
Shopfitting
170(3)
Checklist
173(2)
Summary
175(2)
Further Reading
175(2)
Underlying Technologies and Standards
177(60)
Access Devices
178(3)
Smart Cards
181(6)
Internet Technology
187(9)
Data Networks
196(9)
Mobility
205(2)
Electronic Cash Standards
207(2)
Markup Languages
209(5)
Objects and Middleware
214(17)
Alliances and Initiatives
231(2)
Summary
233(4)
References
234(3)
Who is Going to Make Money out of All of this and How?
237(12)
New Dog, New Tricks
238(1)
From Competition to Co-operation
239(2)
Power to the People
241(2)
Advertising
243(1)
Trust Me, I'm a Trader
244(1)
Paradise Lost
245(1)
At last---1984
246(1)
Summary
247(2)
References
247(2)
Appendix 1 Case Studies 249(6)
A1.1 Case Study 1---Federal Express
249(3)
A1.2 Case Study 2---Cisco Systems
252(2)
A1.3 Summary
254(1)
Further Reading
254(1)
Appendix 2 The Gods of Technology 255(12)
A2.1 Exploring Olympus
256(2)
A2.2 The Gods in Action
258(4)
A2.3 Finding your God
262(3)
A2.4 Following a False God
265(1)
A2.5 Summary
266(1)
Reference 267(1)
Further Reading 267(24)
Appendix 3 Glossary 269(22)
Bibliography 291(2)
Index 293

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