Doing Business on the Internet : Opportunities and Pitfalls /

The Internet is currently the fastest-growing and most widely-used technology for doing business electronically. Yet, despite its obvious advantages, it is clear that it is fraught with problems: customers are reluctant to use it for purchasing products; surfing is time-consuming and costly; and use...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sudweeks, Fay
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Romm, Celia T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint : Springer, 1999.
Series:Computer supported cooperative work.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Joining the Internet Revolution: Designing Corporate Web Information Systems (WIS); Building the On-Line Small and Medium Australian Business; Will You Use Animation on your Web Page? Small Business and Internet Commerce
  • Part II: Managing the Internet Revolution: Financial Institutions and the Internet; Protecting Sensitive Information in Electronic Commerce; Electronic Commerce and the threat of taxation; Towards a Business-Oriented Intranet; Insuring Security and Trust in EC; Issues Holding Back Consumer Adoption of EC
  • Part III: Benefitting From the Revolution: Electronic Business Transactions in Banking; The On-Line Stock Broker; Towards Integrated Multimedia Groupware and Workflow Systems on the Internet; Electronic Commerce Service Quality; Internet Commerce; Consumer Information Search/Decision Making
  • Part IV: Global Perspectives of the Revolution: Perspectives of Electronic Commerce in Israel; Electronic Commerce in China; A South Korean E-Commerce Firms Case; Music, EC, and Local Economic Development on a Virtual Cape Breton Island
  • Subject Index
  • Bibliography.