Doing Business on the Internet

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Fay Sudweeks, Celia Romm

      Pages 1-7

3. Joining the Internet Revolution

   1. Internet Commerce — Hot Cakes and Dead Ducks

      • David Whiteley

      Pages 9-20

   2. When Does Virtual Have Value?

      • Janice Burn, Peter Marshall, Martyn Wild

      Pages 21-33

   3. Will You Use Animation on Your Web Pages?

      • Ping Zhang

      Pages 35-51

   4. Evolution of Web Information Systems

      • Christian Bauer, Bernard Glasson, Arno Scharl

      Pages 53-64

4. Managing the Internet Revolution

   1. Financial Institutions and the Internet: Issues and Trends

      • Christian Bauer

      Pages 65-75

   2. Protecting Sensitive Information in Electronic Commerce

      • Aryya Gangopadhyay, Monica Adya

      Pages 77-86

   3. Towards Business Oriented Intranets

      • Satish Nambisan

      Pages 87-100

   4. Ensuring Security and Trust in Electronic Commerce

      • Thomas F. Rebel, Wolfgang Koenig

      Pages 101-112

5. Benefitting from the Internet Revolution

   1. Small Business and Internet Commerce

      • Simpson Poon

      Pages 113-124

   2. Towards Culturally Aware Information Systems

      • Schahram Dustdar

      Pages 125-135

   3. The Online Stock Broker

      • Subhasish Dasgupta

      Pages 137-144

   4. Consumer Information Search and Decision Making in the Electronic Commerce Environment

      • Rex Eugene Pereira

      Pages 145-192

   5. Fiddlers on the Wire

      • Michael Gurstein

      Pages 193-207

6. Global Perspectives of the Internet Revolution

   1. Consumer Adoption of Electronic Commerce

      • Gerhard Steinke

      Pages 209-216

   2. Electronic Commerce in Israel

      • Avi Schechter, Magid Igbaria, Moshe Zviran

      Pages 217-232

   3. Electronic Commerce in China

      • Ted Clark

      Pages 233-246

   4. An Action Research Report of an E-Commerce Firm in South Korea

      • Ook Lee

      Pages 247-257

7. Back Matter

   Pages 259-289

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FAY SUDWEEKS AND CELIA ROMM At the tum of the twenty-fIrst century, global communication is changing the fabric of society at a rate never experienced before. The Internet, in particular, has redrawn the map of global economy. To be competitive in today's marketplace, companies need to expand commercial activities beyond national borders. The global network of electronic infrastructure has played a signifIcant role in this expansion but the technology itself is not the factor driving the business revolution. The changes are driven by the interaction of information technology and customer demand. Customers are not only adapting to new technologies, they are demanding more and more global competition. Electronic commerce, therefore, is arguably the most important economic trend of our time. Its presence on the Internet, in particular, is becoming crucial to the effective functioning of organisations, especially in a world where companies need to deal with suppliers, customers, partners and their own units distributed across the world. A global business industry created by the Internet is no longer a projected vision of technocrats; it is a reality. The Internet is already playing a signifIcant role in determining corporate strategy and in creating values.

• GroupWare
• Internet
• Intranet
• electronic business
• information system
• knowledge management
• multimedia
• online
• organization
• project management
• security
• user interface

• School of Information Technology, Division of Business, IT and Law, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

  Fay Sudweeks

• Faculty of Informatics and Communciation, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia

  Celia T. Romm

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