Command of Commerce

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This new Edition of Electronic Commerce is a complete update of the leading graduate level/advanced undergraduate level textbook on the subject. Electronic commerce (EC) describes the manner in

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This is a multidisciplinary textbook on social commerce by leading authors of e-commerce and e-marketing textbooks, with contributions by several industry experts. It is effectively the first true tex

Throughout the book, theoretical foundations necessary for understanding Electronic Commerce (EC) are presented, ranging from consumer behavior to the economic theory of competition. Furthermore, this

Throughout the book, theoretical foundations necessary for understanding Electronic Commerce (EC) are presented, ranging from consumer behavior to the economic theory of competition. Furthermore, this

??E-Commerce Strategy: Text and Cases provides the fundamental literature required for graduate students and practitioners to understand electronic commerce. Each chapter provides clearly designed lea

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web) held in Toulouse, France, in August/September 2011.The 25 paper

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Web mining applications in E-commerce and E-services is a new research direction in the area of web mining. Among all of the possible applications in web research, e-commerce and e-services have been

This comprehensive and in-depth study on intelligent techniques in e-commerce offers a general introduction to case-based reasoning (CBR), e-commerce and intelligent agents. The task of using CBR is i

Electronic payment is the economic backbone of all e-commerce transactions. This book covers the major subjects related to e-payment such as, for example, public key infrastructure, smart cards, payme

Electronic payment is the economic backbone of all e-commerce transactions. This book covers the major subjects related to e-payment such as, for example, public key infrastructure, smart cards, payme

This book takes an in-depth look at consumer behavior in the context of multichannel commerce, and explores how the convergence of physical and electronic channels influences consumer decision-making

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This book aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the issues facing organizations when deciding whether to accept e-commerce as a platform for business. It provides a detailed evaluation of how the

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web) held in Prague, Czech Republic, in August 2013. In 2013, EC-Web

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2013, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2013. The theme of ICEC 2013 was "effective, ag

Information and communication technology, in particular artificial intelligence, can be used to support economy and commerce using digital means. This book is about agents and multi-agent distributed

ECWAC2012 is an integrated conference devoted to Electronic Commerce, Web Application and Communication. In the this proceedings you can find the carefully reviewed scientific outcome of the second In

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the nth International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies (EC-Web) held in Bilbao, Spain, in September 2010.The 22 papers accepted

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This book presents 3D3C platforms – three-dimensional systems for community, creation and commerce. It discusses tools including bots in social networks, team creativity, privacy, and virtual currenci

This book identifies institutional mechanisms that can be used to promote consumer confidence in direct online sales with businesses (B2C e-commerce). It argues that enhancing the access to justice in