E-Business [Paperback]

Paul Beynon-Davies (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 140391348X | ISBN-13: 978-1403913487 | Publication Date: April 3, 2004

E-Business provides a balanced, holistic overview of the phenomenon of e-business and its role in transforming organizations. It takes a world-wide perspective and discusses the impact of ICT within both the private and public sectors. A strong underpinning in systems thinking is used throughout to demonstrate the practical implications of this phenomenon for modern organizations. Each chapter integrates with a model of e-business presented at the start. Chapters are designed as learning units and include spider diagrams, examples, reflective questions, cases and activities.

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Editorial Reviews

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"The author is to be congratulated in producing a text which draws together the principal strands of e-business in an accessible and readable manner."--Stuart Fitz-Gerald, International Journal of Information Management

About the Author

Paul Beynon-Davies is Reader in Information Systems at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (April 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140391348X
• ISBN-13: 978-1403913487
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,554,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul Beynon-Davies is currently Professor of organisational informatics in the Cardiff Business School at Cardiff University. He received his BSc in Economics and Social Science and PhD in Computing from University of Wales College, Cardiff. He is currently a member of the British Computer Society, the Association of Information Systems and the UK Academy of Information Systems. Before taking up an academic post he worked for several years in the IT industry in the UK both in the public and private sectors. Prof. Beynon-Davies has published widely in the field of information systems, information management and information technology. He has currently published nine books, numerous academic papers (Journal papers, Conference Papers) and professional articles on topics ranging from the nature of informatics, electronic business, electronic government, information systems planning, information systems development and database systems. Paul Beynon-Davies still regularly acts as a consultant to the public and private sector particularly in the area of information and communications technology (ICT) and its impact on organisational performance. Over the last decade he has engaged in a number of government-funded projects related to the impact of ICT on the economic, social and political spheres including an evaluation of electronic local government in Wales, the evalution of the National Assembly for Wales' Cymru-ar-Lein/Information Age strategy for Wales. Between 2006 and 2008 he was director of the eCommerce Innovation Centre at Cardiff University which included the Broadband Observatory for Wales.

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