{"product_id":"what-is-e-business-isbn-9781405125581","title":"What is e-business?","description":"Based on fifteen years’ experience teaching e-Business modules, Feng Li takes the reader through the vast range of topics and issues surrounding e-business. This much-needed new text gives business and technology students the integrated framework they need to interpret conflicting and rapidly changing business phenomena. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA coherent introduction to e-business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures case studies of the transformation of various industries, including banking, the music industry, e-tailing, the telecoms industry, and e-public services.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses emerging issues such as privacy, security, identity and presence in the cyber world, Internet marketing, legal, regulatory, social and political issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupported by online lecturer and student resources, available soon.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Is E-Business and Does It Still Matter? 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The New E-Business Environment 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The ‘ICT Revolution’ and the Information Economy 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Network Economy: New Rules of the Game 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 How the Internet Redefines Organizational Boundaries: A Transaction Cost Analysis 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Emerging Strategies and Business Models in the Network Economy 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 New Strategies for the Network Economy: Web Strategy, Business Unbundling and Virtual Organizations 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Managing Disruptive Strategic Innovations in the New Economy 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Strategic Reorientations in the Network Economy: From Products and Services to Solutions and Experiences 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Emerging E-Business Models in the Network Economy 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Organizational Innovations through Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Structural Innovations and Emerging Forms of Organization 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Process Innovations: Beyond Business Process Reengineering 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 New Work Organization and New Ways of Working: From Teleworking to Virtual Teams 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Inter-Organizational Innovations through Inter-Organizational Information Systems 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Conclusions and Emerging Issues 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I Developing a Launch-Ready E-Business Plan: Putting Theory into Practice (Assignment I) 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II Developing an Online E-Business Resource Portal: Who is Who in E-Business (Assignment 2) 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix III Developing an E-Business Resource Portal and Online Forum: E-Business Wikipedia (Assignment 3) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This book provides a comprehensive roadmap that helps to understand the complicated and multi-faceted phenomenon of E-Business. It bridges real examples of the many ways E-Business is used to augment, substitute, disrupt, and dis-intermediate the normal practices of business with the relevant academic views of the same. The result is a powerful tool for practitioners and academics that allows the reader to drill down on these issues in whatever depth is desired.\" \u003ci\u003eThomas H. Brush,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePurdue University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is refreshingly well-written and thought provoking. Grounded in appropriate theory and literature, it provides a most welcome addition to the e-business literature.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Michael D Williams, Swansea University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeng Li\u003c\/b\u003e is Chair of E-Business Development at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School.  \u003ci\u003eWhat Is E-Business?\u003c\/i\u003e provides a thorough and reflective introduction to business strategies for the Internet world. Based on fifteen years’ teaching experience, Feng Li takes the reader through the vast range of topics and issues surrounding e-Business such as:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew technologies and new business environment as the context for e-Business.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew strategies and business models developed in response to the internet and related technologies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganizational innovations necessary in order to implement and manage e-Business strategies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book will also explore the transformation of various industries, including banking, the music industry, e-tailing, the telecoms industry, and e-public services; and emerging issues such as privacy, security, identity and presence in the cyber world, Internet marketing, legal, regulatory, social and political issues.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudents and teachers alike will welcome this coherent, well-tested text, with its student-friendly case examples, questions and summaries. \u003ci\u003eWhat Is E-Business?\u003c\/i\u003e is supported by online lecturer and student resources, available at www.blackwellpublishing.com\/fengli.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990477521125,"sku":"NP9781405125581","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405125581.jpg?v=1761787984","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/what-is-e-business-isbn-9781405125581","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}