This timely edited collection offers a multidisciplinary perspective on social commerce, a phenomenon that has gained increasing interest over the last 8 years. Investigating how social media can be used to generate value for brands beyond customer relationship purposes, the skilled authors...

This new Edition of Electronic Commerce is a complete update of the leading graduate level/advanced undergraduate level textbook on the subject. Electronic commerce (EC) describes the manner in which transactions take place over electronic networks, mostly the Internet. It is the process of...

An in-depth examination of the concept of value in a digital world, an analysis of a range of digital business models and a framework for assessing the value of digital businesses. Assessing the value of traditional business was easy. There are hard, well tested metrics and tangible, measurable...

This book explores the intricate connection between the Single Market, characterized by the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor within and across Europe, and the Digital Single Market, the virtual space that promotes freedom of movement of information and data. Both a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Workshop on E-Business (WeB 2015), held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, on December 12, 2015. The theme of WeB 2015 was “Leveraging Service Computing and Big Data Analytics for E-Commerce”, and thus the workshop provided an interactive forum...

This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on technology and business practices, with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the...

Während der Aufbau und Betrieb von Internetinfrastrukturen zur Zeit der Entstehung des Internets in erster Linie von öffentlichen Institutionen vorangetrieben wurde, wird dieser Bereich heute längst von privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen beherrscht. Dieses Buch beschreibt Dienste,...

Einführung -- Teil I: Elektronische Plattformen der Internet-Ökonomie.- Teil II: Prinzipien der Internet-Ökonomie -- Teil III: Wertschöpfung in der Internet-Ökonomie -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

Today, most firms employ online and offline distribution channels. Customers combine both channels for information search and purchase. However, researchers and practitioners are still lacking insight concerning the creation of additional customer value, in terms of a seamless purchase...

Der Wandel zur Mitmachgesellschaft -- Nutzung der Schwarmintelligenz -- Spezifika neuer Geschäftsmodelle im Web 2.0 -- Arten des Crowdfunding und hybride Modelle -- Rechtliche Lage der Crowdfunding-Plattformen -- Crowdfunding und Steuern -- Schwachstellen des Crowdfundings -- Crowdfunding in...