E-business managerial aspects, solutions and case studies

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela, 1964-, Varajao, Joao, 1972-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: Small business > Information technology.; Electronic commerce > Management.; Business agility and process agility; Collaborative business interfacing for SMEs; Collaborative networks; Conservation of information and e-business success and challenges; E-procurement; Knowledge activities for enhancing organizational preparedness; Search engine marketing in small and medium companies; SMEs and e-business; Sourcing electronic platforms; Strategic e-business
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Provides a discussion of the managerial aspects, solutions and case studies related to e-business, disseminating current achievements and practical solutions and applications.

Table of Contents:

• 1. SMEs and e-business / Mário Ferreira
• 2. Strategic e-business/IT alignment for SME competitiveness / Eduardo Escofet, María Rodríguez-Fórtiz, José Garrido
• 3. SME managers' required entrepreneurship and business competences / George Velegrakis ... et al.
• 4. Preparing for change / Ciara Heavin, Frederic Adam
• 5. Business agility and process agility / Giorgio Bruno
• 6. E-procurement process / Paolo Renna, Pierluigi Argoneto
• 7. Well-being and e-business as an influential innovation / Simona Žižek, Matjaž Mulej, Sonja Treven
• 8. Copying with dynamic change / Jayantha Liyanage
• 9. SME adoption and use of ICT for networked trading purposes / Fintan Clear, Adrian Woods, Keith Dickson
• 10. Collaborative networks / Kathryn Cormican
• 11. E-sourcing electronic platforms in real business / Luís Sampaio, José Figueiredo
• 12. Search engine marketing in small and medium companies / Tom Alby, Burkhardt Funk
• 13. Information and technology management (ITM) / Marjorie Bieh ... et al.
• 14. E-commerce penetration in the SADC region / Bwalya Joseph
• 15. Conservation of information and e-business success and challenges / Huilien Tung ... et al.
• 16. The diffusion of internet technology in rural Minnesota / Susan Jones, Ronald Stover.