Making the e-Business Transformation

by Peter Gloor

Overview

Read this book and you'll not only understand WHY e-Business is vital to the continuing success of your organization but also HOW you can incorporate it into your business.

Four key questions are asked within Making the e-Business Transformation:

- How do you transform your existing business into an e-business?

How do you go about introducing e-business into your Company?

- What are the key enabling technologies?

- What tools are needed to effectively manage domain and process knowledge?

e-Business and e-Commerce is a revolution driven by IT. While computers and computer networks have been around for the last 50 years, it is only in the last five that they have found their way into everyday life. This book shows you how to harness the power of the new technologies to transform your business into an e-business company which will succeed in the e-commerce economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447111955
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	09/30/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Pages:	179
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Why is e-business the next great revolution in both business and society?.- How do you transform your business to e-business?.- How do you introduce e-business in your own company?.- What are the key enabling technologies?.- What are the tools for managing domain and process knowledge?.- e-Business and knowledge management.- Roadmap.- Acknowledgements.- 1. Dispelling the myths of e-business.- 1.1 e-Commerce widens the income gap between the developed and the developing world?.- 1.2 e-Business squares the bell curve?.- 1.3 e-Business kills emotional intelligence?.- 1.4 e-Business is the death of society?.- 1.5 Summary: Fundamental success factors for e-business transformation.- 2. Turning business into e-business.- 2.1 e-Business transformation: evolution or revolution.- 2.2 Business process outsourcing over the Web.- 2.3 From Web sites to portals.- 2.4 Case study: pharmaceutical industry.- 2.5 Case study: dating over the Web.- 2.6 Critical success factors for e-business transformation.- 3. Blueprint for e-business implementation.- 3.1 The IPI blueprint.- 3.2 e-Business deployment roadmap.- 3.3 Knowledge management deployment.- 3.4 e-Business project management: new concepts, old obstacles!.- 3.5 Critical success factors for e-business project management.- 4. Key e-business technologies.- 4.1 e-Business technology overview.- 4.2 Introduction to XML.- 4.3 Security.- 4.4 Digital money.- 4.5 Virtual collaboration.- 4.6 Workflow management.- 4.7 Business process integration.- 4.8 Critical technology success factors for e-business transformation.- 5. Tools for managing knowledge.- 5.1 The MIT Process Handbook.- 5.2 Knowledge navigation.- 5.3 Critical knowledge management success factors for e-business transformation.- 5.4 Conclusions.- References and further reading.