This book takes and interdisciplinary approach toward systems design in the online environment by providing an understanding of how consumers behave while shopping online and how certain system design elements may impact consumers' perceptions, attitude, intentions, and actual behavior. This...

This book focuses on the adoption of e-commerce applications that optimize potential opportunities presented to organizations. With expert international contributions, this advanced publication provides a comprehensive account of developments in the new and exciting area of research and...

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....

1. SMEs and e-business / Mário Ferreira -- 2. Strategic e-business/IT alignment for SME competitiveness / Eduardo Escofet, María Rodríguez-Fórtiz, José Garrido -- 3. SME managers' required entrepreneurship and business competences / George Velegrakis ... et al. -- 4. Preparing for change /...

"This book identifies the multidimensional impact of e-adoption and provides theoretical and practical solutions for policy makers, managers, and researchers in government, industry, and academia"--Provided by publisher.

"This book discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities and solutions related to electronic business adoption with a special focus on SMEs, providing researchers, scholars, and professionals with some of the most advanced research developments, solutions and discussions of E-Business...

1. Disruptions and value in the interactive digital media marketplace / Omar El-Sawy and Francis Pereira -- 2. A comparison of pricing strategies for digital goods / Peng Lei, Kristy Shi and Tahani Iqbal -- 3. The case for variable pricing of IDM / Ankit Bansal, Desai Mayura Manohar and S....

"This book aims to assist researchers in both understanding and utilizing online data collection by providing methodological knowledge related to online research, and by presenting information about the empirical quality, the availability, and the location of specific online...

"This book highlights the main concepts of e-business as well as the advanced methods, technologies, and aspects that focus on technical support for professors, students, researchers, developers, and other industry experts in order to provide a vast amount of specialized knowledge sources for...

The primary mission of Cases on Worldwide E-Commerce: Theory in Action is to provide detailed case studies of opportunities and challenges in worldwide e-commerce as the Internet economy and globalization trends erase the traditional IT and geographical boundaries. Cases included in this...