This comprehensive book introduces and explains the different elements of e-Business and provides a structure that can facilitate the assimilation of new e-Business developments as they occur in the future. The book also contains abundant real-world applications to encourage readers to understand and appreciate real-life e-Business applications. Most importantly, the text emphasizes an analytical and critical approach to understanding business issues, decision-making and technology use and development.
The book, broken down into three parts, begins by examining the relationship between e-Business and business strategy. The second part of the book describes key topics that companies have to address when designing and deploying an e-Business strategy, including e-Markets, e-Procurement, networked organizations and the roles of intermediaries in the value system. The final part of the book, concentrates on modelling issues and technical foundations of e-Business, starting with modelling used to develop and implement e-Business systems, continuing with security, middleware, components and e-Business system development, legacy, e-Business integration, web-services and business protocols
1. The World of e-Business
2. e-Business Strategy
3. Business Models
4. e-Business Relationships
5. Governance Structures
6. e-Business Technological Infrastructure
7. XML the Enabling Technology for e-Business
8. e-Markets
9. e-Procurement
10. e-Business Networks
etc.