Digital Communities in a Networked Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. e-Government

   1. E-Government — A Roadmap for Progress

      • Roland Traunmüller, Maria Wimmer

      Pages 3-12

   2. Reducing Normative and Informative Asymmetries in Fiscal Management for Local Administrations

      • M. Carducci, M. A. Bochicchio, A. Longo

      Pages 13-24

3. Business Models of e-Applications

   1. Who are the Internet Content Providers?

      • Cornelia C. Krueger, Paula M.C. Swatman

      Pages 27-38

   2. Net Market Makers in the Australian B2B E-Space

      • Mohini Singh

      Pages 39-50

   3. The Success Strategies for Hybrid Business Model

      • Savanid Vatanasakdakul, Eugene Lee Boon Kiat, Joan Cooper

      Pages 51-62

4. Innovative Structures in the Internet

   1. Influence of Electronic Business Technologies on Supply Chain Transformation

      • Wojciench Cellary, Sergiusz Strykowski

      Pages 65-76

   2. Product Platforms for the Media Industry

      • Lutz Koehler, Markus Anding, Thomas Hess

      Pages 77-88

   3. Dynamic Management of Business Service Quality in Collaborative Commerce Systems

      • Bob Roberts, Adomas Svirskas

      Pages 89-101

   4. Software for the Changing E-Business

      • Maria Alaranta, Tuomas Valtonen, Jouni Isoaho

      Pages 103-115

5. Auctions and e-Payment

   1. Dynamic ROI Calculations for E-Commerce Systems

      • Michael Amberg, Markus Hirschmeier

      Pages 119-130

   2. μP: A Micropayment System

      • Pedro A. L. Mindlin, Christiane M. Schweitzer, Tereza Cristina M. B. Carvalho, Wilson V. Ruggiero

      Pages 131-142

   3. Electronic Auctions in Finland

      • Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen, Matti Rossi, Jussi Puhakainen

      Pages 143-154

6. Future Aspects of Communication

   1. I-Centric Communications

      • Radu Popescu-Zeletin, Stefan Arbanowski, Stephan Steglich

      Pages 157-173

   2. A Communication Framework Towards Flexible Associations of Businesses in Evolving Environments

      • Hendrik Ludolph, Gilbert Babin, Peter Kropf

      Pages 175-186

   3. Introducing New Business Models in Provision of QoS Networks

      • Borka Džonova-Jerman-Blažič

      Pages 187-200

7. Internet and the WEB

   1. The Semantic Web

      • Rudi Studer, Sudhir Agarwal, Raphael Volz

      Pages 203-213

   2. Web Personalization Based on User’s Trade-Offs

      • Maria-Cleci Martins, Iria Garaffa, Maximiliano Kling

      Pages 215-225

   3. XML Alone is not Sufficient for Effective WebEDI

      • Fábio Ghignatti Beckenkamp, Wolfgang Pree

      Pages 227-238

   4. Institutional Websites Personalization Using Macro and Micro User Profiles

      • Paulo Sergio Rodrigues Lima, Marcelo Soares Pimenta

      Pages 239-250

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.

• B2B
• E-Business
• E-Commerce
• Electronic Business
• QoS
• e-services
• organization
• search engine marketing (SEM)

• UNISANTOS, Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil

  Manuel J. Mendes

• Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland

  Reima Suomi

• CenPRA, Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer, Brazil

  Carlos Passos

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