"This book describes original, innovative works on IT systems for mass customization, and provides a multitude of solutions, tools, concepts and successful realizations of IT systems for mass customization. It discusses state-of-the-art mass customization while depicting the importance of IT in...

"This book focuses on issues related to relationships among members of global supply chains, addressesing three important aspects of global supply chain relationships: supply chain integration and collaboration; outsourcing and offshoring of production; and recent growth in supplier...

1. E-service customization: the provider perspective -- 2. E-service customization: the consumer perspective -- 3. Technologies for e-service customization -- 4. E-service composition -- 5. Service customization strategies -- 6. Business processes design for service customization -- 7. Case...

1. The life event cycle / Florian Siems, Dominik Walcher -- 2. Optimizing consumer responses to mass customization / Ruth Mugge, Jan Schoormans -- 3. Resource implications of manufacturer-customer interactions in mass customization / Emmanuel Kodzi Jr., Rado Gazo -- 4. A multi-agent system for...

"This book deals with risk management in enterprise network formations, stressing the importance of risk management in enterprises organized in networks followed by the presentation of the researcher suggested approaches which most of the time emphasizes in a supply chain"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents cutting-edge knowledge on scientific approaches to the management of supply networks in a highly informed global environment with abundant dynamic and uncertain challenges"--Provided by publisher.

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...

In the mid 1990s, the widespread adoption of the web browser led to a rapid commercialization of the Internet. In addition, initial success stories were reported from companies that learned how to create an effective direct marketing channel - selling tangible products to consumers directly with...

"This book explores important social issues that call for reform such as health care, self-perceptions, and corporate responsibilities to the environment, giving readers a guide to understanding and appreciation behind social marketing and how it can be used to positively alter social conscience...