E-commerce and V-business examines the impact of the Internet and associated technologies on two related aspects of business: electronic commerce and virtual organization. Using a combination of recent theory and empirical evidence it demonstrates how forward thinking organizations are reaping considerable advantages from exciting new business models in these areas. Such models require radical rethinking of many aspects of traditional business. The book covers many of the critical and contemporary issues stemming from these important new developments. The collected papers in this book illustrate the wide variety of business opportunities afforded by e-commerce and virtual business. They describe and discuss the important issues that follow in the wake of an organization deciding to pursue consumers electronically and organize its operations virtually. It brings a good balance of theory and practical issues from different perspectives from different parts of the globe

Harry Stack Sullivan, HELEN SWICK PERRY, MARY LADD GAWEL, M.D. MABEL BLAKE COHEN

Recognizing the Potential of E-Business; Chapter 1 The relativity of disruption, Albrecht Enders, Tawfik Jelassi, Andreas Koening, Harald Hungenberg; Chapter 2 Online delivered content, Claudia Loebbecke, Claudio Huyskens; Chapter 3 Beyond the 'eBay of blank', Alina M. Chircu, Robert J. Kauffman, Bin Wang; Chapter 4 E-business and the intermediary role of virtual communities, P. K. Kannan, Ai-Mei Chang, Andrew B. Whinston; Chapter 5 Assessing e-commerce quality, Stuart Barnes, Eduard Cristóbal, Frederic Marimon, Richard Vidgen; Chapter 6 The value of Internet technologies and e-business solutions to micro-enterprises in Atlantic Canada, Charles H. Davis, Florin Vladica; Chapter 7 The emergence of mobile commerce, Stuart Barnes, Eusebio Scornavacca; Shaping the Virtual Organization; Chapter 8 Defining the virtual organization, Lucas D. Introna, Dimitra Petrakaki; Chapter 9 Interorganizational innovations through interorganizational information systems, Feng Li, Howard Williams; Chapter 10 Structure, strategy and success factors for the virtual organization, Peter Marshall, Judy McKay, Judy Young; Chapter 11 Web services as an enabler for virtual organizations, Oliver Prokein, Titus Faupel, Daniel Gille; Chapter 12 Cross-cultural knowledge management at virtual interfaces, David J. Pauleen, Nigel Holden; Chapter 13 Achieving advanced supply chain management through Internet-based electronic commerce, Robert B. Johnston, Horace Cheok Mak, Sherah Kurnia; Chapter 14 Collaboration and conflict in the electronic integration of supply networks, Akos Nagy; Chapter 15 Recognizing the limits of virtual organizations, Lucas D. Introna, Dimitra Petrakaki;