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. 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 offers practical and useful guidelines, models, and techniques for improving software processes and products for small and medium enterprises, utilizing the authoritative, demonstrative tools of case studies and lessons learned to provide academics, scholars, and practitioners with an...

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"This book focuses on business process standards and standardization, offering an indepth multi-methodological analysis of the benefits organizations may obtain from BPS and how the benefits can best be achieved" --Provided by publisher.