A web portal is a special web site designed to act as a gateway giving convenient access to other related sites. This book investigates the various types of portals and describes how they can be used in business applications. After considering the nature of portals, the book describes the first...

"This book offers the latest research and development within the field, filled with case studies, research, methodologies and frameworks from contributors around the world and addressing a wide range of subject matters, levels of technical expertise and development, and new technological...

"This book is a comprehensive look at all aspects of production management, delivery and consumption of e-services, self services, and mobile communication including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, government-to-business, government-to-consumer, and consumer-to-consumer...

"This book covers a wide range of the most current research in the development of innovative web-based learning solutions, specifically facilitating and augmenting learning in diverse contemporary organizational settings"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic business in developing countries -- Role of culture in electronic business diffusion in developing countries -- International e-commerce -- E-commerce infrastructure and economic impacts in developing countries -- E-marketplace adoption success factors -- E-commerce activity,...

1. E-Commerce in developing economies / Richard Boateng, Alemayehu Molla, Richard Heeks -- 2. Significance and success factors of e-commerce in China and Russia / Reinhold Decker -- 3. Identifying factors for lack of e-commerce in developing countries / Sushil Sharma, Jatinder Gupta -- 4....

"This book presents issues such as legal, technical, cultural and social analysis on e-Procurement, and offers technical and managerial solutions to professionals in different emerging economies and industries"--Provided by publisher.

1. Trick e-business / Paul Taylor -- 2. The eonomic and social impact of electronic commerce in developing countries / Roberto Vinaja -- 3. Adverse effects of e-commerce / Sushil Sharma, Jatinder Gupta -- 4. The emerging need for E-Commerce Accepted Practice (ECAP) / G. Erwin, S. Singh -- 5. The...

"This book presents a strong understanding of Portals, SOA, the published research in these fields, as well providing an enterprise-based experience of factors that challenge implementation of Portal and SOA projects in practice"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents foundational research, models, case studies and research results that researchers and scholars can port to their own environments to evolve their own research processes and studies, covering scenarios of intellectual disciplines and technological endeavors in which metaverse...