Digital Communities in a Networked Society e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mendes, Manuel J. (Editor), Suomi, Reima. (Editor), Passos, Carlos. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Series: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 139
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Computers.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; E-commerce.; Science > Social aspects.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Theory of Computation.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: XIV, 456 p. 87 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402079078
• ISSN: 1571-5736

Digital Communities in a Networked Society: e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government deals with the accelerating evolution in the computerization of society. This evolution, or should we call it a revolution, is dominantly driven by the Internet, and documented by the novelties introduced, year by year, by Information and Communication Technologies. The book contains recent results of research and development in the areas of: -E-government, -Business models of e-applications, -Innovative structures in the internet, -Auctions and e-payment, -Future aspects of communication, -Internet and the web, -Advanced platforms and grid computing, -Cooperation and integration, -Modeling and construction of e-services.