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A
Revolution To An Evolution |
Are U.S. and European businesses effectively leveraging their
e-business opportunities? This article explores this issue and
whether tools to identify e-business capabilities and risks really
work. |
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Articles |
Collection of articles |
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Artificial Intelligence, Ecommerce and Personalized Services: |
Ready or Not, Here They Come. Pdf-file. December 2003 |
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B2E: Business to Employees |
The Second Wave of the Internet Revolution |
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Beyond the Hype: E-nabling the Sales and Marketing Force |
While the over-hyped e-commerce bubble may finally have burst, many
of the technologies that grew out of the e-commerce phenomenon have
survived. More importantly, these technological tools have already
integrated themselves into the fabric of today's businesses. |
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Competing on Content: The New Frontier of Value Creation |
Te ability to manage digital content is emerging as a core
capability for company survival, competitive advantage and value
creation. Until now, most companies have been unable to effectively
structure and organize information and fully exploit the value of
their digital content. pdf-file 568 KB |
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Digital Payments |
The electronic payment systems of the future will focus on customer
loyalty and convenience |
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Do
Magazines' "Companion Websites" Cannibalize the Demand for the Print
Version? |
We find very robust evidence for positive effects from website
visits to circulation. There is no evidence of causality running in
the opposite direction. Our findings are contrary to the widespread
belief that the Internet will cannibalize print media markets.
pdf-file 2005 |
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Document Management in the Digital Age: Why Do We Still Use Paper? |
In this engaging article, Greg Sherbon tackles the question of why
more offices are not going paperless. Greg concludes that the only
reason paper is still in such high demand is personal preference and
that over time, as new employees with modern preferences are hired,
we will move to an increasingly paperless workplace. pdf-file.
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Don't Build Your e-Business Without KM |
Partners in extended e-business enterprises must build trust-based
relationships to facilitate knowledge sharing. |
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eBook - An uphill battle for acceptance |
eBook technology emerged in the early 1990s with the expectation
that it would pose a serious threat to traditional print publishing.
This paper identifies the current adoption rate of ebook
technologies in the book publishing industry. It seeks to identify
the barriers and potential areas for ebook growth. pdf-file 2004 |
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E-Commerce in diff. Sectors |
Business services, retail/wholesale, manufacturing |
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E-Customer Analytics |
This paper addresses the specific problems and possible solutions in
providing the analytical solution to problems associated with the
analysis of the web site visitors. Pdf-file |
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Electronic Signatures |
This article provides a summary of the legislation, an overview of
the business issues surrounding use of electronic signatures, and
suggestions about how to evaluate the use of electronic signatures
for your business. |
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ERP
as a Strategic Management Tool: Six Evolutionary Stages |
Over the past 50 years computers have evolved from vacuum tubes to
integrated circuits to PCs. As hardware changed so did managerial
computing, from MIS to ERP. Outsourcers developed niche markets and
the promise of seamless processing for strategic decision-making
seemed possible. Here the history, progress to date, and unmet
challenges are explored. 2002 |
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Europe's E-commerce Framework |
The European Union (EU) has been largely successful in producing an
effective legal and regulatory framework within which to set up an
online business. However, compliance with consumer protection laws
remains difficult; payment remains a real problem where credit cards
are not an appropriate medium; and dispute resolution has still to
reach a satisfactory position. pdf-file. September 2003
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Focusing on Fundamentals |
Dotcoms mean business. ‘Dotcom culture’ is dying, and being replaced
by a more traditional approach to business, according to a
PricewaterhouseCoopers study tracking the mindsets and attitudes of
Europe’s dotcom CEOs. (pdf-file) |
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Frictionless Commerce? |
An Exploratory Analysis of Internet Pricing Behavior. Pdf File |
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Global Benchmarking for Internet & E-Commerce Applications |
This paper reports on a global benchmarking exercise carried out to
examine issues related to the development of the Internet and
E-Commerce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Pdf-file. May 2003 |
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Impacts and Policy |
OECD document, assesses the potential outcomes and economic impacts
of e-commerce in the business to business and business to consumer
spheres |
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Information Aggregation |
A value-added e-service. Pdf-file |
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Internet – a Productivity Killer? |
While employee Internet access has become quite commonplace,
businesses are more and more troubled about lost productivity, high
network bandwidth consumption and legal risks. |
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Making E-Business Pay |
Eight key drivers for operational success. Pdf-file |
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Managing E-Business Transformation: |
Opportunities and value assessment. Based on IT business value
research, the authors present a framework of electronic business
value that enumerates linkages between performance drivers, and
operational excellence and financial metrics. Pdf-file |
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Measures for E-Business Value Assessment |
An extensive study finds that investing in e-business drivers
improves operational excellence, which in turn improves financial
performance. Pdf-file |
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Netting A Profit |
Internet initiatives can bring productivity gains, but you still
have to get the business plan right. Article by Hal R. Varian, May
2002 |
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New
Economy Enterprise |
The rise of the new economy enterprise and what it takes to succeed. |
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No
pain, no gain—Solving the riddle of eOrganization |
How can established companies organize themselves to optimize their
position in the new economy? By understanding that integrating the
Internet into their businesses occurs in capability-driven stages
and that different organizational needs are required at each stage. |
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Online Community: A New Paradigm for Achieving Economies of Scale |
Online communities are networks of intelligent people, ready and
willing to solve problems for one another. This simple but powerful
byproduct of Internet technologies is helping companies break though
the traditional limits of economies of scale. |
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Pricing of Services on The Internet |
This article describes a priority pricing mechanism based on General
Equilibrium theory in economics. Furthermore, it addresses the
issues concerning the development of new accounting/billing methods,
cross subsidization of services, infrastructure investment, and the
possible competitive market structures which will evolve over The
Internet. |
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Realizing the Value of Online Content |
Web sites have underused resources that companies can tap for their
competitive advantage. 2001 |
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Reduce Customer Risk with E-Business |
How can you create greater customer value and differentiate your
products in the eEconomy? One way is to employ the unique
capabilities of electronic commerce to reduce your customers' risks.
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Retailing Online: Coming of Age |
Online retailing entered a new phase over the past 12 months.
Consumer demand is stronger and the bottom line is improving.
Web-based and store-based retailers are approaching breakeven
profitability, and catalog-based retailers are already profitable as
a group. January 2003 |
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Rethinking the design of the Internet: |
The end to end arguments vs. the brave new world. Pdf-file |
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Self-Service: Help Yourself |
Moving customers to self-service Web sites can save a bundle, but
only if it's done right. A series of brief case studies shows how
different self-service user groups—employees, suppliers, contract
salespeople and retail customers—reaped some staggering savings at
four companies. Could one of these approaches work for you? 2004 |
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Selling content online |
Making money from content on the internet is the business world´s
equivalent of cold fusion: a really fun idea which - while
theoretically possible has yet to be proven. Pdf-file |
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Seven e-commerce lessons |
Seven lessons to help shape e-commerce strategy. 2001 |
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Spending 4% of Revenue on E-Business With No Return?
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To reap the huge potential benefits of digital technologies, firms
must look beyond such unfocused goals as "establishing a Web
presence" and concentrate instead on reinventing their business
designs. Pdf file |
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Standard Issue: The Dot-Com Tragedy Denied |
For three years, the American magazine The Industry Standard offered
readers an inside track on the latest e-commerce goings-on. Wired is
still on newsstands today, but what became of the Standard? Tim
Cavanaugh reviews James Ledbetter's Starving to Death on $200
Million: The Short, Absurd Life of The Industry Standard, for Reason
magazine. |
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Standard Issue: The Dot-Com Tragedy Denied - Book |
Find this book at
amazon.com |
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Strategic Tools |
Using Strategic Tools to Generate Profits in e-Commerce. Pdf-file |
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The
Emerging Landscape for Retail E-Commerce |
How the Internet is affecting retail markets and how the resulting
"digital markets" compare to conventional markets. Pdf-file 58 KB |
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The
End of Hit Parade |
Trying to figure out whether your website needs a redesign? Stop
measuring hits and start measuring customer experience. Article By
Ramin Jaleshgari. May 2000 |
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The
Impact of Electronic Commerce on the Retail Brokerage Industry |
This paper reports on an experiment to examine whether order
handling practices by traditional voice brokers and online brokerage
firms lead to differences in the quality of trade execution.
Pdf-file 160 K |
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The
New Focus of IT Value: Externalizing Agile Business |
Business and IT are strategically focusing on external agility to
generate competitive advantage and real-time enterprise
organizations. Enterprise and IS leaders must shift resources and
strategy now. Pdf-file July 2002 |
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The
New Three Cs of E-Business |
Reading between the lines of Line56/A.T. Kearney research (see
E-World - Statistics, Data, Trends); the new "Three Cs" of strategy
are Cost, Customer, Connectivity. |
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The
Unexpected eEurope |
This report surveys executive attitudes to eCommerce in Europe |
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Thinking Inside the Box |
Technology can do many wonderful things, but none of those things is
more important than meeting customer needs. A few thoughts about
using the Internet to be simply better. 2004 |
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Transforming To Digital Licensing |
Software executives: Are you more focused on selling and
distributing CDs than effectively managing the "right to use" your
intellectual property? Are your internal systems and processes built
to manage inventory, orders and shipments rather than the changing
needs of your customers? pdf-file |
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Twelve causes for corporate e-inertia, or twelve obstacles to e-bizz |
A short checklist. Large organizations often pronounce e-Business a
strategic must. And frequently, on the shop floor many "e"-related
ideas are being formulated. Nevertheless, implementation doesn’t get
off the ground. How come? |
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Valuing dot-coms after the fall |
Last year's fall reminds us that stock prices eventually reflect a
company's fundamental economic performance. Here are the key
questions to ask. Pdf-file 65 KB, August 2001 |
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Virtual Agents |
The new value proposition |
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What Kinds of Revenue Opportunities Does E-business Create? |
If you're thinking of going global or just completely connecting
with your customers, e-biz offers plenty of prospects. Still.
November 2003 |
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What Works on the Web |
Some businesses are actually making money online. It's worth taking
note of them because they've figured out what works on the Web. |
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Wilson Internet Service |
About Internet Marketing and Business on the Net |
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XBRL |
Leveraging the Internet for Corporate Reporting. XBRL. Short for
eXtensible Business Reporting Language, XBRL is a relatively new
electronic language which promises to work profound change in the
business reporting process. Jauary 2003 |
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