Doing Business on the Internet Opportunities and Pitfalls

FAY SUDWEEKS AND CELIA ROMM At the tum of the twenty-fIrst century, global communication is changing the fabric of society at a rate never experienced before. The Internet, in particular, has redrawn the map of global economy. To be competitive in today's marketplace, companies need to expand c...

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Other Authors: Sudweeks, Fay (Editor), Romm, Celia T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:Computer Supported Cooperative Work
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Joining the Internet Revolution
  • 2. Internet Commerce - Hot Cakes and Dead Ducks
  • 3. When Does Virtual Have Value?
  • 4. Will You Use Animation on Your Web Pages? Experiments of Animation Effects and Implications for Web User Interface Design and Online Advertising
  • 5. Evolution of Web Information Systems: Exploring the Methodological Shift in the Context of Dynamic Business Ecosystems
  • Managing the Internet Revolution
  • 6. Financial Institutions and the Internet: Issues and Trends
  • 7. Protecting Sensitive Information in Electronic Commerce
  • 8. Towards Business Oriented Intranets: Knowledge Management in Organisations
  • 9. Ensuring Security and Trust in Electronic Commerce
  • III: Benefitting from the Internet Revolution
  • 10. Small Business and Internet Commerce: What are the Lessons Learned?
  • 11. Towards Culturally Aware Information Systems
  • 12. The Online Stock Broker: An Investigation of Electronic Contracting on the Web
  • 13. Consumer Information Search and Decision Making in the Electronic Commerce Environment
  • 14. Fiddlers on the Wire: Music, Electronic Commerce and Local Economic Development on a Virtual Cape Breton Island, Canada - A Case Study
  • Global Perspectives of the Internet Revolution
  • 15. Consumer Adoption of Electronic Commerce: The US Perspective
  • 16. Electronic Commerce in Israel
  • 17. Electronic Commerce in China
  • 18. An Action Research Report of an E-Commerce Firm in South Korea
  • About the Contributors