A comprehensive, research-based encyclopedia consisting of contributions from over 900 noted researchers in over 50 countries. This five-volume encyclopedia includes more than 550 articles highlighting current concepts, issues and emerging technologies. These articles are enhanced by special...

"This book highlights recent trends and advancements as they impact all facets of information resources management in an ever-changing society. This collection provides focused discussions of the role outsourcing has played in modern business, the development of Web information systems, and...

"This book compiles estimable research on the global trend toward the rapidly increasing use of information technology in the public sector, discussing such issues as e-government and e-commerce; project management and information technology evaluation; system design and data processing; security...

This book brings together compelling content related to the continually emerging technologies in areas of information systems such as Web services, electronic commerce, distance learning, healthcare, business process management, and software development. Focusing on the implications innovative...

From a distance, the concept of e-commerce security seems simple. Just allow authorized people to transact business securely and efficiently through the Internet, and keep unauthorized people away from valuable information. But in today's impersonal and global economy, how can a business or...

1. Web-enabled technologies assessment and management / Mehdi Khosrow-pour, Nancy Herman -- 2. Developing applications for the web / Nancy Russo -- 3. Planning for effectiveness web-based commerce application development / Ming-te Lu, W. Yeung -- 4. Managing web technologies acquisition,...

During the past two decades, information technologies have provided many organizations new opportunities in managing their resources more effectively. Computer technologies combined with telecommunication technologies brought properties to many organizations during the decades of the '80s and...

1. E-government as collaborative governance / Barbara Allen ... [et al.] -- 2. Performance measurement and evaluation of e-government and e-governance programmes and initiatives / Tony Bovaird -- 3. E-government and e-governance / Tony Bovaird -- 4. Confidence in e-government / Georges Chatillon...

1. Online shopping for positive and negative reinforcement products / Patricia Sorce, Victor Perotti, Stanley Widrick -- 2. Online shopping experience / Yi Guo -- 3. An expanded e-commerce process model serving e-commerce entrepreneurs / David Paper, Eric Pedersen -- 4. Internet shopping model...

As businesses, researchers, and practitioners look to devise new and innovative technologies in the realm of e-commerce, the human side in contemporary organizations remains a test in the industry. This book broadens the overall body of knowledge regarding the human aspects of electronic...