eBusiness is growing rapidly and new issues are emerging in this global and real-time activity. This new edition to the hugely successful eBusiness Essentials explores the increasingly important area of mobile data access. In addition, it shows how eBusiness is evolving and how technology can be progressively used to build more sophisticated solutions. Balancing its technical depth with a clear and practical analysis of market models it enables the reader to deploy the available and emerging technology effectively and appropriately. In addition to the established yet equally important features such as security, payment and trust, supply chain integration and customer to supplier trade it includes: * mBusiness covering key issues such as roving and roaming access and the technologies GPRS, UMTS and WAP * Help for the reader to formulate their own eBusiness strategy by drawing out some general principles * Virtual mobile network operators: data extensions to the mobile switch, home and visitor location * Analysis and real world examples of mobile services * The technical options,impact, integration, mechanics and implications of evolving eBusiness Primarily aimed at planners, engineers, managers and developers in the IT, multimedia and on-line industries. Recommended reading for students in computer science, electrical and electronic engineering, IT and telecommunications.

This special issue of QJEC marks the final instalment of the journal. The QJEC has had a long-standing history of international scholarship focused on the emerging field of electronic commerce with a broad, interdisciplinary approach. It has established the field’s intellectual foundation with state-of-the-art research from business, computer science, engineering, law, psychology, and sociology. This particular issue focuses on an eclectic group of papers that are international in scope with authors from Canada, Australia, France, Germany, South Africa and Italy. The papers range in topics from valuing dot com companies, to mobile health and portals, to supply chain management.

This handbook begins by comparing e-business with e-commerce. It provides guidance and advice on creating or turning your business into an e-business with chapters on resources, keeping your customers, selling online and improving your business.

Putting together the right team to tackle the Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2.8 upgrade, and understanding the issues that the team needs to consider to be successful, can be quite a challenge. "the little r12.2.8 upgrade essentials for managers and team members" describes the big picture of what you need to consider before tackling the Release 12.2.8 upgrade. Based on TruTek's popular R11i to R12 Technical Upgrade training classes, this book describes what managers, functional, and technical team members need to know to prepare to upgrade from Release 11i to Release 12.2.8 of Oracle's E-Business Suite of Applications. Enhanced topics with this edition include: Online Patching, the ADOP Patching Cycle, Materialized Views, Customizations, Development Standards for Edition Based Redefinition, How Cross-Edition Triggers Work, and Understanding the Release 12.2 Architecture.

ESSENTIALS OF E-COMMERCE: Unit 1: Internet and Commerce : Business Operations in Commerce Practices Vs Traditional Business Practices; Benefits of E-Commerce to Organisation, Consumers and Society; Limitation of E-Commerce. Unit 2: Application in B2C : Consumers Shopping Procedure on the Internet; Products in B2C Model; E-Brokers; Broker-Based Service Online; Online Travel Tourism Services; Benefits and Impact of E-Commerce on Travel Industry, Online Stock Trading and Its Benefits; Online Banking and its Benefit; Online Financial Services and its Future. Unit 3: Application in B2B: Applications of B2B; Key Technologies for B2B, Characteristics of the Supplier Oriented Marketplace, Buyer Oriented Marketplace and Intermediate Oriented Marketplace; Just in Time Delivery in B2B. Unit 4: Applications in Governance : EDI in Governance; E Government; E Governance Applications of the Internet, Concept of Government to-Business, Business-to-Government and Citizen-to-Government; E-Governance Models; Private Sector Interface in E Governance.