I teach several E-commerce Courses at a University. I am using this book in an introductory E-commerce course in a graduate MBA Program. It is great! It covers e-commerce from A to Z. It contains case studies for all of the chapters to give practical experience to each of the topics as well as well described and graphical presentations of the material. I highly recommend this book either for personal study or for course study of e-commerce.

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.

The book's well documented examples of corporate commerce and proper legal positioning on the internet piques my interest in how this field continues to evolve. As e-commerce players come and go, you start to wonder which ones didn't read this book. I'd like to see every CEO with an internet presence take this book into account - executive summaries provide quick reference, and summarize exactly what the details of each chapter provide. However, it's really like listening to a legal professional when you read each chapter. I typically follow favorite websites and newsgroups and I come across legal issues that need clarification. Should this fan-based website be using this other corporate trademark or logo? Should the same corporation refer to the fan-based website to promote it's product? This book provides insight and perspective on both sides. Everything is not fair game, and the internet needs a reference that explains the rules to both sides of e-commerce issues. This book does that and more.

I keep my copy handy at work to dig into the legal clarifications of issues that aren't covered in my copy of Barron's Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms. Since the internet is more than buzzwords and slick advertising, we all need to know what makes electronic commerce really tick. I'm certainly not a CEO, but I do take part in on-line auction sites, and this book applies to my personal auctions as well as large scale commercial ventures.

* This book is full of clear, useful, and often fascinating info for anyone involved in electronic commerce. Chapter 3 alone (on what an employer should know about his employees' use of e-mail and the Internet) is worth the price of the book.

* As far as I've seen, there's nothing else like it in print. It's up to date and easy to follow. No lawyer-speak.

* The concept is a natural -- giving an overview of all the legal issues involved in e-commerce.

* Glad I read it.

I read this as A book and not Thomas' book, to try and be objective!

Now it's THE book, presumably until their next one!

The authors' advanced thought, expertise and experience show through a beautiful synthesis of principles, real applications, predictions and analogies.

As professionals we find ourselves in an era where strategy has to be very fluid - and I find myself constantly needing to zoom in and zoom out of the various aspects of my start-ups for a perspective view as well as detailed focus...

Much deeper than the first reading, this is where I think is the REAL value of 'Ecosystem' - to visit and keep re-visiting it for defining different pieces of our business, regardless of what stage the business is in!

The framework for the principles, the examples and the insights across a broad spectrum of high profile and/or unusual businesses truly create an environment that spark creativity and enable new possibilities.

This book provides twelve principles for successful e-commerce. The principles are the synthesis of keen observation and deep thought, and are presented in a dispassionate, objective manner.

The principles themselves are divided among four stakeholder groups that form the ecosystem. "Ecosystem" is an appropriate analogy because each stakeholder group has a different set of needs, yet all stakeholder groups are interdependent in the value chain. The principles are each presented in a consistent format - presentation of the principle, two case studies each from the supplier's perspective giving a supplier profile, an interview with the supplier and showing the principle as it applies to the customer, and an executive summary of the principle.

Stakeholder and principle groupings are: Business-to-Shareholder (learning and planning principles), Business-to-Employee (system, network and security principles), Business-to-Business (payment, buying, supplier and inventory/logistics principles), and Business-to-Customer (selling, customer and personalization principles).

By dividing the principles and focusing on stakeholders groups the authors have provided a systematic and structured template to apply to an e-commerce strategy and associated tactics.

What I like about this book is the utter lack of hype or hyperbole, and the presentation of each principle in a consistent manner. I also like the careful selection of the case studies, each of which highlights the principle to which it is associated. Finally I applaud the authors for their straightforward writing, which makes this book highly readable (even at nearly 400 pages it can be read on a day off or on a coast-to-coast flight). What impresses me, however, is the research and deep thought that the authors put into this book and the care with which they structured and sequenced the information.

I highly recommend this book to anyone involved in strategic planning, or who wants to understand the complexities of modern supply chains within the context of e-commerce. The keys to success are between the pages of this outstanding book.

Holmes's Book represent a clear vision of the paper of government's to deliver social services through technology infrastructure and confirm how government's processes have to modify its sense to deliver major benefits to more citizens. It is highly recommended.

This informative, well-researched and brightly written overview of government e-business will fill you in on how far governments worldwide have come in offering services via the Internet, and what more they have to do to make the most of what the technology has to offer. It's a fascinating read that highlights the Internet's incredible power in bringing people, causes and issues together in the name of social activism, politics and democracy. We from getAbstract recommend this book to all readers with an interest in better - or at least more efficient -government.

This is the most detailed work on the subject. It provides a detailed analysis of the various policy alternatives with respect to electonic commerce and taxation.

This new book, which focuses solely on the international tax aspects of e-commerce, provides a good, broad view of this difficult and fast-changing area. This new book looks at the rules of many countries as they relate to the cross-border taxation of e-commerce.

The importance of this book is as a survey of the various rules and rulings in a number of countries that impact e-commerce. The book does not attempt to be an exhaustive reference to the rules of any country in particular. Instead, it uses rulings in various countries as a way of illustrating the direction of and the differences between laws of various countries that may influence e-commerce. This approach is important because current laws will change rapidly. A survey of different approaches provides readers with an indication of the course rule making may take in the future.

The book has an excellent section on VAT and e-commerce. For U.S. readers, the book may be worth buying for this information alone, since VAT will become increasingly important to U.S. vendors engaged in sales into VAT countries.

The book concludes with a long section on tax policy. This section is a good survey of different approaches, and is helpful in thinking about the way things may go in the future.

For the dictionary on Japanese economy, ¡®MIT Encyclopedia of the Japanese Economy¡¯ has been widely used. Such a dictionary is needed for you can¡¯t read all the material on the Japanese economy. Literatures on Japanese economy are still flooding on the market. Moreover, there are so many sub-disciplines that you can never read through them all, and even making a reading list is prohibitively time-consuming.
MIT Encyclopedia was updated in 1999 to the 2nd edition. It deals with mainly big topics such as unemployment with some length. But this book, published in 2002, tackles not only general economic subjects, but business affairs like Sony, Japanese business in US, and Chalmers Johnson, as title implies. And that I think the quality of articles is not behind MIT¡¯s. This book¡¯s contributors are well-known figures in Japanese studies. And like MIT¡¯s at the end of each article is the reading list on that subject.

This book is the most comprehensive reference I have seen on Japanese business related topics. Entries cover business history, leaders, management, technology, and company profiles. The authors appear to be well informed and up-to-date on what is happening in Japan, the writing is concise and the citations are helpful for research. I highly recommed this as a must-have reference for anyone interested in Japan and/or global business.

Studying for my MBA at the University of Michigan, case studies were frequently used to learn effective business practices. This book clearly shows how today's technology can help solve one of business' thorniest problems - efficient and cost effective purchasing.

This book is very good. It brings out some interesting points about saving time and money. I highly recommend this book to any company who needs to update their purchasing departments. I am particular glad the authors used case studies to explain how the purchasing function is adjusting to modern technology. I hope the authors update this book frequently as the technology changes.

I had a very limited understanding of computers, and this book was very easy for me to understand.The writer made an intimidating topic very simple and now I think I'm an expert.

I bought three books to use in order to get fully acquainted with the electronic commerce field. Zilliox's was clearly the winner, and as a result of its broad(er) coverage, I was able to get everything I needed from this one title. It ended up being the only book that I actually used to really get started and implementing our web strategy. It's well written, concise and clear.

As a mid level manager, and working with executives in order to coordinate our small firm's entry onto the Web, I needed a concise guide and "how to" on the topic. This was the only book that I really needed; I'll donate the others to the library. The flow of information, website methodology and hints were very good. The author's writing style is inviting and pitched at the right level for someone who understands what the Internet is about, but who needs a better and deeper insight into how to approach it given the myriad choices that every business person is faced with. I rank the book at the top of the lot.

In my sophomore genetics class we used two textbooks. One is a 600 pages textbook filled with colorful pictures, the other one is the this book. After I spent hours reading and comprehending a chapter in the 600-pages tiny-font textbook, I turned to the 200-pages large-font Gist of Gennetics. And there it is, truly the gist of genetics. I regretted that I didn't read this book first but instead wasted my valuable time reading useless [junk]. The only problem is that this book is entirely black and white, with little to no picture (only has genetic diagrams). But unless you are the type who fall asleep reading b/w textbooks, this is a great book for quick understanding of basic genetics.

The Gist of Genetics

Easy to read and to the point. Global Digital Business.com offers great insights into what is to come and how to participate in the digital revolution.

I highly recommend Global Digital Business.com because it was an easy read, full of lots of useful e-business information like terms/terminologies, stealth e-business opportunities, stages of e-business growth, and that your company needs to have a Global Digital Business.com e-business strategy. Also, Global Digital Business.com provided me a call-to-action of what to do next with e-business and how I can start my own Global Digital Business.com with the objective of creating stealth global business advantages through e-business for the 2020 Digital Economy.