Globalization has pushed the use of technology in business with advanced information and communication technology becoming a key factor in the future development of the retailing industry. Technology applications have significantly contributed to the exponential growth and profits of retailing...

This book covers issues, developments, and influences in technologies and their impact on modern global socioeconomics, including e-commerce, e-services, outsourcing applications, and consumer resources management.

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 explores how users interact with mobile devices and applications in an array of contexts, providing relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research on ubiquitous computing"--Provided by publisher.

Describes what Business Intelligence (BI) is, how it is being conducted and managed and its major opportunities, limitations, issues and risks. This book takes an in-depth look at the scope of global technological change and BI. During this transition to BI, information does not merely add...

This book compiles research on the expanding role of earth observation satellite initiatives and their application to such capabilities as mobile broadband, Internet, and mobile communication connectivity. This book provides a comprehensive review of how space technology can influence the future...

"This book presents a collection of research associated with the emerging e-business technologies and applications, attempting to stimulate the advancement of various e-business frameworks and applications, and to provide future research directions"--Provided by publisher.

Section I. Mobile Commerce Systems and Handheld Devices -- 1. Fundamentals of Mobile Commerce Systems -- 2. Mobile Commerce Applications -- 3. Mobile Handheld Devices -- 4. Essential Mobile-Commerce Technology --

"This book provides a guideline of how to manage virtual organizations, by introducing the concept, explaining the management theories behind the concept and presenting practical examples of successfully operating virtual organizations"--Provided by publisher.

"This book addresses issues pertaining to the development, deployment, and use of mobile commerce applications. The objective of the book is to provide a single source of up-to-date information about mobile commerce including the technology (hardware and software) involved, research on the...