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E-commerce: Business, Technology, Society [Hardcover]

Kenneth C. Laudon , Jeffrey Travis
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  • Hardcover: 944 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (14 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 032120056X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321200563
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 20.4 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,094,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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E-Commerce: business, technology, society. provides an overview of the current and next generation of E-commerce. The book emphasizes the three major driving forces behind E-commerce: technology change, business development, and social controversies. Each of these driving forces is represented in every chapter, and together they provide a coherent conceptual framework for understanding E-commerce. The result is a complete treatment of a very diverse subject that is aimed specifically at readers interested in business concepts, IS/IT developments, and computer science applications.

The LearnE-Commerce website (at www.LearnE-commerce.net) is a dynamic companion to the textbook, with original content provided by the authors. This Web site is a portal to the E-commerce field, specifically for higher education instructors and their students. The site combines solid educational and editorial content to help instructors prepare their classes, and help students become aware of research about E-commerce.

About the Author

Kenneth C. Laudon is a noted expert in the world of Information Systems and Technology. He is a Professor of Information Systems at New York University¿s Stern School of Business, where he teaches courses on Electronic Commerce, Managing the Digital Firm, Information Technology and Corporate Strategy, Professional Responsibility, and Organizational Theory and Information Systems. He is the founder of Azimuth Interactive, Inc., a leading developer and marketer of E-learning materials for higher education and corporate training. He has written twelve best-selling books on topics related to his courses. He brings five years of E-commerce executive experience in technology platform, Web site design, marketing, infrastructure, business process design, and strategy to this book.

Carol Guercio Traver is General Consel and Vice President of Business Development at Azimuth Interactive, Inc. A graduate of Yale Law School, Carol has co-authored several best-selling books on information technology, society, and business. As an executive at Azimuth, Carol brings more than five years of E-commerce experience in law, business development, and strategy to this book.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
Provides an extremely clear and well explained summary and taxonomy of years of e-commerce research. Very easy to read despite being thorough and in-depth. Covers many of the major issues from a higher level perspective with relevant case studies throughout. The main down side of the book is that I would have liked to have seen a more technological 'how to' section, such as a shopping basket construction using php to access a database.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
College text that is based on the realities of e-commerce 24 Jun 2002
By Mike Tarrani - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
This is more than a college text and it's of value to working professionals as well as to professors who want to provide a course that brings real world e-commerce issues into their curriculum.

What sets this book apart for the classroom is the web site that supports the book. This site has subscription services (using the access code that is provided on a card inside the book), which includes book chapters, tutorials, streaming video lectures and more), and instructor services that provide lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations and a test bank. There are also resources that are open to the general public that are valuable and provide e-commerce news, business plans, and research articles. I like the way that the WWW is integrated into a traditional paper book to provide a comprehensive learning tool that is always up to date and evolving.

For the working professional the material in the book (and associated web site) is applicable to real world issues. What impresses me the most is how the authors manage to comprehensively address topics in business, technology and social issues in 600 pages. Each section and each topic appears to be carefully selected to impart maximum knowledge on the key issues. For example, the descriptions, case studies and key concepts in Chapter 2, E-commerce Business Models and Concepts, hits all of the salient points. Another example, in Chapter 4, Building an E-commerce Web Site, is a discussion of the value of 100% uptime. These are topics business and IT professionals are struggling with, and it's refreshing to see them included in a college text book.

As an IT consultant I found this book to be better than most I've read, and highly recommend it to business and IT professionals because it digs deep below the surface and uncovers the real issues. If you are an instructor or professor this book will allow you to prepare your students for the challenges that they will face on the job - and do so in an interesting manner.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Good, but dated.... 25 Nov 2005
By Troy Marketing Associates - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I have used this textbook for several years - while it is a good basic source of information, it badly needs updating and supplementation in several important areas: RFID is not mentioned; Mobile/hand set E-Commerce is covered at a surface level, Search Engine and major Portal marketing needs updating, and much of the data are 3+ years old - very old given the rapid changes taking place.

If you are teaching an E-Commerce course from a Marketing perspective, with this book as the base, be prepared to suppement this textbook with books such as Spychips, and student subscriptions to WSJ or NY Times. Ad Age is another excellent supplementary information source.

This is one of the few areas in business where the textbook should be updated every 2 years.

Note from Spring 07 - the newer edition is better but still requires supplementation on areas auch as RFID and security.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Practical, Informative, and Interesting 6 July 2005
By R. C. Latham - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
This is a college level text book that is actually interesting. It is very well written and most importantly, it is NOT boring. It's amazing how easy it is to read such a large book in a short amount of time when the book is well written. You will be able to actually design and learn how to host your own E-Commerce web site after reading this book. And it's a lot less expensive than you might think. This book is expensive but well worth it with excellent print and illustrations. It's easy to see that a lot of work went into this gigantic hardbound masterpiece.
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