1. Designing digital marketplaces for competitive advantage / Dinesh Rathi, Lisa Given -- 2. E-commerce systems for software agents / Emmanuel Tadjouddine -- 3. Enhancing the preparedness of SMEs for E-business opportunities by collaborative networks / Heiko Duin, Klaus-Dieter Thoben -- 4....

"This book presents detailed studies of e-commerce in multiple regions focusing on business size, sector, market focus, gender of CEO, and education level of CEO as driving forces for e-commerce adoption. Results show that regional SMEs in developed countries have low e-commerce adoption rates,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Web presence lessons for small businesses -- 3. Readiness for a Web presence -- 4. Business strategy and planning -- 5. Web presence strategy and content -- 6. Web presence hosting -- 7. Website design -- 8. Web presence promotion -- 9. Web presence governance -- 10....

"This book is a compilation of contributions on the main issues, challenges, opportunities and developments related to enterprise information systems from the social, managerial and organizational perspectives, offering current achievements and practical solutions and applications"--Provided by...

"This book presents research in areas such as IT performance, electronic commerce, internet adoption, and IT planning methodologies and focuses on how these areas impact small businesses"--Provided by publisher.

"This book contributes new research to the current array of literature on small business management under diverse geographic, economic, and socio-cultural conditions,exploring existing theories in tandem with fresh viewpoints"--Provided by publisher.

"The small business is an often underestimated asset of both the modern economy and the commercial workforce ... with the internet and other technologies connecting us like never before, the opportunity is present for even the smallest company to reach a global scale. This book explores the...