The new media technologies that began to assert themselves in the 1990s - the Internet, networked computers, and the other hardware and software that make possible the new media - have captivated both the investment community and the general public like nothing else in the memory of most people...

We investigate a new efficient packet routing strategy which mitigates traffic congestion on complex networks. In order to avoid congestion, we minimize the maximum betweenness, which is a measure for concentration of routing paths passing through a node in the network. Danila et al. propose a...

This book offers a novel approach for analyzing and developing business strategies for the Internet and electronic commerce. The topics addressed include how to predict which firms will be successful, how a manager should respond to competitors who adopt the Internet and electronic commerce, and...

La separación entre propiedad y gestión, junto con la presencia de accionistas minoritarios ha provocado la necesidad de mecanismos de control que permitan la aproximación de los objetivos de accionistas y directivos. Dentro de estos mecanismos destacan la divulgación de información a...

Much attention, both within the popular media and the academic milieu, is devoted to presenting a very positive image of the Internet in terms of its usefulness and its importance within the business environment of the 1990s. The above statements convey that any company can ill afford not to...

Over the years tourism mediation has experienced major changes, including the arrival of the Internet and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The principal aim of this communication is to analyse the transformation of the travel agency subsector in the light of...

Socio-technical forecasts that materialized are of particular interest, as they are based on basic principles that must hold true for a long time, and thus worthy of special attention. The exploitation of the Internet as a vehicle for psychological and physical battle has been anticipated ever...