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This book addresses several important aspects of complex automated negotiations and introduces a number of modern approaches for facilitating agents to conduct complex negotiations. It demonstrates that autonomous negotiation is one of the most important...

This book identifies, analyzes and discusses the current trends of digitalized, decentralized, and networked physical value creation by focusing on the particular example of 3D printing. In addition to evaluating 3D printing's disruptive potentials...

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 a multidimensional sense can potentially offer an...

The recent pursuits emerging in the realm of big data processing, interpretation, collection and organization have emerged in numerous sectors including business, industry and government organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a...

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 implementation of e-commerce may affect all parties...

This book adopts an international perspective to examine how the online sale of insurance challenges the insurance regulation and the insurance contract, with a focus on insurance sales, consumer protection, cyber risks and privacy, as well as dispute...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a very strong reminder that the future economic development of any country is more than ever influenced by its ability to ramp-up digital competitiveness. Consequently, enterprises were pushed to assess and develop the...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 20th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society, I3E 2021, held in Galway, Ireland, in September 2021.*The total of 57 full and 8 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully...

This book highlights the latest research articles presented at the second Digital Marketing & eCommerce Conference in June 2021. Papers include a diverse set of digital marketing and eCommerce-related topics such as user psychology and behavior in social...

This book discusses how technological innovations have affected the resolution of disputes arising from electronic commerce in the European Union, UK and China. Online dispute resolution (ODR) is a form of alternative dispute resolution in which...

The 2019 International Conference on National Brand & Private Label Marketing is a unique academic forum for presenting and discussing original, rigorous and significant contributions from researchers around the world on marketing issues that retailers,...

This book introduces social manufacturing, the next generation manufacturing paradigm that covers product life cycle activities that deal with Internet-based organizational and interactive mechanisms under the context of socio-technical systems in the...

This book offers the first comprehensive overview of contemporary systems for secure electronic/digital postage. It introduces a taxonomy of electronic postage systems and explains their security risks and countermeasures. The underlying cryptographic...

In this volume, the authors apply insights from a variety of perspectives to explore the alignment among strategy, organization design, process and human resource management, and e-business practices on developing successful social networking...

Synchronizing E-Security is a critical investigation and empirical analysis of studies conducted among companies that support electronic commerce transactions in both advanced and developing economies. This book presents...

Over the past years, business schools have been experimenting with distance learning and online education. In many cases this new technology has not brought the anticipated results. Questions raised by online education can be...

Distributed Infrastructure Support For E-Commerce And Distributed Applications is organized in three parts. The first part constitutes an overview, a more detailed motivation of the problem context, and a tutorial-like...

Information and communication technology (ICT) is permeating all aspects of service management; in the public sector, ICT is improving the capacity of government agencies to provide a wide array of innovative services that benefit citizens. E-Government...

A new model of business has emerged within the Digital-Economy called Internetworked Enterprise (IE); it's a model that posits networks, communities of individuals and refusal of a centralized mindset as the core elements of the new frame of reference...

Internet and web technology penetrates many aspects of our daily life. Its importance as a medium for business transactions will grow exponentially during the next few years. In terms of the involved market volume, the B2B...

Information security concerns the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information processed by a computer system. With an emphasis on prevention, traditional information security research has focused little on...

Enterprise Collaboration.- Foundations.- A General Model.- The Core Logic of the Two-Stage Collaboration Model.- The Architectural Components of the Two-Stage Collaboration Model.- The Implementation of the Two-Stage Collaboration Model.- The...

This book contains the best papers of the First International Conference on e-Business and Telecommunication Networks held in 2004. The book presents recent research on e-business and telecommunication networks. It includes...

Navigating the complexities of the metaverse presents a significant challenge in the rapidly evolving landscapes of business and education. As enterprises seek innovative ways to engage customers in virtual environments and educators explore new avenues...

As e-commerce continues to increase in usage and popularity, safeguarding consumers private data becomes critical. Strategic innovations in artificial intelligence and machine learning revolutionize data security by offering advanced tools for threat...

Cutting-edge digital technologies, green skill development, and climate-neutral solutions may transform the economic landscape. With a growing emphasis on sustainable development and green solutions, businesses have begun to explore the positive impacts...

In the ever-evolving landscape of global finance, the rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) has introduced a myriad of challenges that demand immediate scholarly attention. The accelerating pace of digital transformation, coupled with the...

In an era dominated by the demands of the 21st-century workforce, the imperative for distributed and asynchronous work has never been more pronounced. Global organizations grapple with the challenge of fostering connections for diverse purposes, ranging...

Service organizations are grappling with unprecedented challenges in maintaining and enhancing productivity. As the landscape evolves, traditional approaches to service operations become obsolete, necessitating a deep understanding of the intricate...

The metaverse has emerged as an influential force, beckoning entrepreneurs to navigate uncharted territories. Platform and gaming companies strategically position themselves to take advantage of the metaverse's potential, indicating that this shift...

The Metaverse, an expanding digital space, is at the forefront of a technological revolution that will redefine how we interact with the digital world. Yet, as this fascinating landscape evolves, it presents an array of complex challenges, particularly...

In the 21st century, social media has emerged as a pivotal force shaping business strategies and entrepreneurship. The rapid evolution of social media platforms poses a pressing question: how can one effectively address this fast-paced transformation?...

Brethren and Sisters, in the Year 2014 AD, upon receiving numerous and very vivid visions about the future of the job market in the entire world, as well as the performance and effects of the Global Economic Landscape, I could not help but weep at the...

In this report, ADB has lowered its forecasts for economic growth in developing Asia and the Pacific to 4.3% in 2022 and 4.9% in 2023, amid mounting challenges. Its theme chapter looks at how digital entrepreneurship spurs growth and innovation. The...

Develop a deep understanding of the theoretical foundations of blockchain technology and learn how to write smart contracts and build decentralized applicationsKey FeaturesUpdated with four new chapters on consensus algorithms, Ethereum 2.0,...

The thriving hobby-turned-business idea hidden in plain sight.About 70% of US households use candles.Just stop and think about the size of that market for a second.If you're a home candle maker, you could be sitting on a gold mine you haven't...

Use R and tidyverse to prepare, clean, import, visualize, transform, program, communicate, predict and model dataNo R experience is required, although prior exposure to statistics and programming is helpfulPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a...

¿Quieres ganar dinero, con poco esfuerzo diario? Si es así, entonces sigue leyendo...La verdad es que todos pasamos mucho tiempo trabajando sólo para sobrevivir. Trabajando 40 horas a la semana, 48 semanas al año, durante 45 años. Levantarse temprano y...

★★★★★ "Helpful book no matter the stage in you journey with starting an online business!" - Reader reviewDiscover the proven strategies and methods on how you can start, grow and thrive with your online business!What's the one thing that's...

Want to set up a lucrative new online business that sets you free to live YOUR life?Desperate to beat the 9-5 brain drain and break the cycle of having to directly exchange your time for money?You're not the only one! In 2023, the whole world is...

本书研究了跨境电商发展情况，重点剖析了中国跨境电商先锋人物，对中国跨境出口电商发展概况、存在问题和对策建议进行了重点婆媳。在梳理、研究、分析国际电商平台的营销方法后，充分结合我国跨境出口电商最新进展及国家重大制度安排，构建了中国跨境出口电商发展的优化体系。从全球看，近年来各主要经济体跨境电商均呈现增长态势，而且疫情之下逆势而上。政策、技术、金融、物流等跨境电商生态系统的发展也给跨境电商带来越来越好的发展环境，预计未来仍将保持高位增长，新的商业模式与商业主体将不断涌现。从中国看，中央大力推动跨境出口电商发展...

This book delves into the essential concepts and technologies of acquiring systems. It fills the gap left by manuals and standards and provides practical knowledge and insight that allow engineers to navigate systems as well as the massive tomes...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many businesses to accelerate their digital transformation strategies to continue to meet the changing needs of their customers. This has resulted in significant growth in the global software market. However, for decades,...

A broad overview of key e-Business issues from both managerial and technical perspectives, introducing issues of marketing, human resource management, ethics, operations management, law, the e-Business environment, website design and computing.

The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an important factor affecting financial markets.