What is e–business? – How the Internet Transforms Organizations

<p>Preface xiii</p>
<p>Acknowledgements xvii</p>
<p>1 Introduction 1</p>
<p>2 What Is E–Business and Does It Still Matter? 8</p>
<p>Part I The New E–Business Environment 25</p>
<p>3 The ICT Revolution and the Information Economy 29</p>
<p>4 The Network Economy: New Rules of the Game 52</p>
<p>5 How the Internet Redefines Organizational Boundaries: A Transaction Cost Analysis 66</p>
<p>Part II Emerging Strategies and Business Models in the Network Economy 79</p>
<p>6 New Strategies for the Network Economy: Web Strategy, Business Unbundling and Virtual Organizations 83</p>
<p>7 Managing Disruptive Strategic Innovations in the New Economy 102</p>
<p>8 Strategic Reorientations in the Network Economy: From Products and Services to Solutions and Experiences 119</p>
<p>9 Emerging E–Business Models in the Network Economy 133</p>
<p>Part III Organizational Innovations through Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) 147</p>
<p>10 Structural Innovations and Emerging Forms of Organization 151</p>
<p>11 Process Innovations: Beyond Business Process Reengineering 171</p>
<p>12 New Work Organization and New Ways of Working: From Teleworking to Virtual Teams 183</p>
<p>13 Inter–Organizational Innovations through Inter–Organizational Information Systems 197</p>
<p>14 Conclusions and Emerging Issues 212</p>
<p>Appendix I Developing a Launch–Ready E–Business Plan: Putting Theory into Practice (Assignment I) 225</p>
<p>Appendix II Developing an Online E–Business Resource Portal: Who is Who in E–Business (Assignment 2) 228</p>
<p>Appendix III Developing an E–Business Resource Portal and Online Forum: E–Business Wikipedia (Assignment 3) 231</p>
<p>Bibliography 233</p>
<p>Index 241</p>