The comprehensive coverage of the Seventh Edition equips students with the latest information on e-commerce—concepts, models, strategies, and techniques that can be used to build useful e-commerce applications. The book features several comprehensive and diverse case studies and data on Indian corporations, as well as multinational companies showing success and failure of their Web-based electronic business models. Coverage of a broad range of topics, including the latest developments in technology as well as taxation issues, makes the book a solid introductory text for the rapidly expanding number of courses in e-commerce for the students of business management and commerce at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and also, for the students pursuing courses in computer applications, information technology and computer science engineering. KEY FEATURES • Provides coverage of all elements of e-commerce, including customer relationship, supply chain management, e-payment, e-security, mobile commerce, and Web designing. Addresses key legal issues related to taxation (including GST), privacy, copyright, and so forth. • Gives the end-of-chapter Internet search exercises to help students develop analytical skills. • Defines key technical terms in the glossary. NEW TO THE SEVENTH EDITION • Updated tables and figures throughout the book • Business analytics, which is transforming e-commerce, is included in the eleventh chapter on 'Portals for Business Analytics’ • Updated History of E-commerce Augmented the chapter on Business Models for E-commerce • E-marketing is being transformed by new technologies, hence the topic is included. • E-payment systems are changing dramatically and online payment is increasing, hence the topic is introduced.

This book walks readers through the process of setting up a secure E-commerce Web site. It includes implementation examples for Unix (Solaris and Linux), Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. The authors pay particular attention to the security issues involved. They also highlight the plethora of encryption algorithms that are instrumental in securing data. Together, the authors and the reader develop a site from concept to implementation. The material makes use of numerous coding examples to illustrate how to use the most current technologies - from Microsoft, Sun, and others - to support secure transactions.

The textbook, now in its Second Edition, includes a new chapter on ERP as a Business Enabler. The text continues to provide a comprehensive coverage of business applications of management information systems in today's new era of knowledge-based economy where the value of a firm's knowledge assets has become a key source that can be leveraged into long-term benefits. The text focuses on the information systems requirements vis-à-vis management perspectives required in business environment. The technology innovations are covered, with particular emphasis on Data Management Systems, Decision Support and Expert Systems. On the other hand, several business applications such as e-commerce and mobile applications, made possible only because of continuing innovations in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) are thoroughly treated in the text. Besides, the book covers crucial issues of information security, and legal and ethical issues which are important both from the point of view of technology and business. The book uses case discussions in each chapter to help students understand MIS practices in organizations. The cases also enable students to grasp how a systemic approach to every functional aspect of management can lead to formulating technology-based strategies in line with corporate goals. Primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management (BBA/MBA), the knowledge and information provided in this book will also be of immense value to business managers and practitioners for improving decision-making processes and achieving competitive advantage.

​This book systematically and integrally introduces the new security management theories and methods in the e-commerce environment. Based on the perspective of dynamic governance of the whole process, starting from the theoretical framework, this book analyzes the gap between the current situation and requirements of security management, defines its nature, function, object and system, and designs and constructs the whole process security management organization and operation system of e-commerce. It focuses on the core and most prominent risk control links (i.e. security impact factors) in e-commerce security, including e-commerce information and network security risk, e-commerce transaction risk, e-commerce credit risk, e-commerce personnel risk, etc. Then, the tools and methods for identifying and controlling various risks are described in detail, at the same time, management decision-making and coordination are integrated into the risk management. Finally, a closed loop of self-optimization is established by a continuous optimization evolution path of e-commerce security management.

The essential guide to e-business security for managers and ITprofessionals Securing E-Business Systems provides business managers andexecutives with an overview of the components of an effectivee-business infrastructure, the areas of greatest risk, and bestpractices safeguards. It outlines a security strategy that allowsthe identification of new vulnerabilities, assists in rapidsafeguard deployment, and provides for continuous safeguardevaluation and modification. The book thoroughly outlines aproactive and evolving security strategy and provides a methodologyfor ensuring that applications are designed with security in mind.It discusses emerging liabilities issues and includes security bestpractices, guidelines, and sample policies. This is the bible ofe-business security. Timothy Braithwaite (Columbus, MD) is Deputy Director ofInformation Assurance Programs for Titan Corporation. He hasmanaged data centers, software projects, systems planning, andbudgeting organizations, and has extensive experience in projectand acquisition management. He is also the author of Y2K LessonsLearned (Wiley: 0-471-37308-7).