Access to government information faces many roadblocks in developing and emerging economies due to lack of appropriate legal frameworks and other requisite information laws. However, there is hope that many countries are now recognizing the importance of providing access to public information resources. Digital Access and E-Government: Perspectives from Developing and Emerging Countries explores the relationships that exist between access to information laws and e-government. It shares the strategies used in encouraging access to information in a variety of jurisdictions and environments, to be of use to e-government designers and practitioners, policymakers, and university professors.

Geared towards technical professionals, marketing managers, finance/business strategists, law/policy makers, and educators whose work involves e-commerce, this unique book provides a clear overview of the legal and public policy issues associated with computer networks and electronic transaction and security. It identifies various forms of potential legal and commercial liability, and advises what legal claims may be raised, by whom, and the potential impact of these claims. Methods to reduce or eliminate liability are discussed, offering practical, operational guidance to professionals. The book also describes the legal rights of computer system and electronic commerce operators that can be applied to help preserve security and to recover in the event that security is breached.

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Ubiquitous commerce (u-commerce) creates a dynamic convergence of the physical and digital, producing Web-based wireless and next-generation technologies in ways that generate new levels of convenience and value for buyers and sellers. Ubiquitous Commerce for Creating the Personalized Marketplace: Concepts for Next Generation Adoption provides a compendium of definitions and explanations of concepts and processes within u-commerce, as well as research targets, objectives, techniques, and methodologies. This Handbook of Research contains a collection of chapters authored by leading international experts, offering an in-depth description of key terms and concepts related to different areas, issues, and trends in u-commerce and technologies in modern organizations worldwide.

Through the comprehensive consideration of alternative strategies and their highly accurate comparison from the perspective of quantitative characteristics, the game approach refines logic and increases the efficiency and expediency of making decisions on business integration. Game Strategies for Business Integration in the Digital Economy reveals the essence, features and benefits of various strategies for business integration in the digital economy. Presenting a general scientific idea of business integration from the perspective of the Game Theory, Game Strategies for Business Integration in the Digital Economy considers these game strategies for business integration in the digital economy: cluster strategy; public-private partnership; cooperation of universities and business entities; parks and innovation networks; the M&A strategy; foreign direct investment; the strategy for export development of international business integration. Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing (ABM&P), offers leading edge theory, empirical research and practice on sensemaking, planning, implementing and evaluating of strategies in business-to-business marketing and purchasing.

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The mobile services industry is going through a major transformation, which challenges many of the basic assumptions behind the existing business models. As the business paradigm shifts from voice-centric to data-centric mobile services, the ways of analyzing the industry need to evolve as well. Mobile Services in the Networked Economy provides new insight into the structure and dynamics of the mobile services industry by combining novel ideas from the complexity theory, from the research of vertical integration strategies and from the theories of networked organizations. These ideas and theories are then applied to the context of three different types of mobile services markets in Japan, Finland and the UK. The case analyses demonstrate how the three markets are currently going through very distinct phases of evolution in a continuum between two very different kinds of business environments. The analysis of the mobile services industry presented in this book will help the reader not only to understand the logic behind the way the industry looks today, but also to foresee possible future trends in the development of a given mobile services market.

The Internet has generated a large amount of information that is created and shared between individuals and organizations. Because of the amount of information flying through cyberspace, the time to locate and digest the information increases exponentially, but the question of what information can be shared and how to share them remains unsolved. ""Advances in Electronic Business, Volume 2"" explores the semantic web and intelligent web services, two methods created to help solidify the meaning and relationship of data, and explains how they relate to business processes. Professionals, policy-makers, academics, researchers, and managers in IT, business, and commerce will find this book useful in understanding the semantic web and intelligent web services impact on e-commerce.

E-business research is currently one of the most active research areas. With the rapid advancement in information technologies, e-business is growing in significance and is having a direct impact upon ways of doing business. As e-business becomes one of the most important areas in organizations, researchers and practitioners need to understand the implications of many technological and organizational changes taking place. ""Advances in E-Business Research: E-Business Innovation and Process Management"" provides researchers and practitioners with valuable information on recent advances and developments in emerging e-business models and technologies. This book covers a variety of topics, such as e-business models, e-business strategies, online consumer behavior, e-business process modeling and practices, electronic communication adoption and service provider strategies, privacy policies, and implementation issues.

Electronic business (E-Business) plays a central goal in the economy, facilitating the exchange of information, goods, services and payments. E-Business is not exclusive for large enterprises. It propels productivity and competitiveness and is accessible to all enterprises, and sophisticated systems like E-Marketplaces act as business integrators, potentiating business opportunities for both buyers and sellers. Innovations in SMEs and Conducting E-Business: Technologies, Trends and Solutions discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities and solutions related to electronic business adoption with a special focus on SME while providing researchers, scholars, professionals with some of the most advanced research developments, solutions and discussions of E-Business challenges, impacts and opportunities under the social, managerial and organizational dimensions.