[...]... high level of user convenience in terms of input and navigation Many optimists see m business as a technology that is just one step before it becomes an everyday occurence 18 Section I: Globalization of E Business Chapters List Chapter 1: Issues in the Globalization of Electronic Commerce Chapter 2: Electronic Architectures for Bridging the Global Digital Divide: A Comparative Assessment of E Business. .. than a usual preface Section I deals with Globalization of E Business and consists of two chapters Chapter 1 by Daniel Brandon on Issues in the Globalization of Electronic Commerce, presents globalization aspects of e Business While Globalization is the marketing and selling of a product outside a companys home country, Localization is the process of customizing Web content so that it is most understandable... describes the key issues in each these areas and then analyzes approaches that could be used to address these issues Chapter 2, Electronic Architectures for Bridging the Global Digital Divide: A Comparative Assessment of E Business Systems Designed to Reach the Global Poor, by Nikhilesh Dholakia and Nir Kshetri, presents a comparative view of e business systems designed to extend the benefits of e business. .. member of the International Board of Editors for the Journal of Information Technology Education He is currently responsible for the area of Corporate IT Strategy Planning, E Business, Mobile Commerce, IT Security Policy, Information Management, etc He also is Adjunct Research Associate, Division of Business and Enterprise, University of South Australia V.K Murthy is Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer... is a full−time Professor of Computer Science at Old Dominion University In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a faculty member at the Information Technology Lab of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Prior to that, he held faculty positions at North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland, and... of IEEE Computer Society and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery Suliman Al−Hawamdeh is an Associate Professor and Programme Director of the Master of Science in Knowledge Management programme, School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore He has more than 20 years of teaching and industrial experience in areas such as knowledge management, electronic. .. Architectural Issues of Web−Enabled Electronic Business in Minneapolis for six years in several positions including Manager of Applications Development He has also been an independent consultant and software developer in several industries including: Medicine, Transportation/Logistics, Finance, Law, and Entertainment K Se1çuk Candan is a tenure−track Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer... Australia He has a Master of Information Technology from Charles Sturt University His research interests include: E−commerce, World Wide Web and 4 Architectural Issues of Web−Enabled Electronic Business human−computer interaction He has published some articles in these areas He is the Executive Director of the Internet Special Projects Group Schubert Foo is the Head of the Division of Information Studies... committees and is 7 Architectural Issues of Web−Enabled Electronic Business the information management theme editor for the Journal of Digital Information He has undertaken numerous consultancies related to software evaluation, Web development (especially project planning and evaluation) and Web technologies Xiannong Meng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Bucknell University... Web−enabled e Business A key to success in applying the Web−based technologies to real world problems lies in understanding the architectural issues and developing the appropriate methodologies and tools for building e Business systems The main purpose of this book, therefore, is to provide the e− Business professionals with a holistic perspective of this field that covers a wide range of topics At . h0" alt="" Table of Contents Architectural Issues of Web−Enabled Electronic Business 1 Preface 12 Readership 12 Organization 12 Overview 13 Section I: Globalization of E Business 19 Chapters. Authorization of Mobile Agents in E−Commerce 406 xiii Architectural Issues of Web−Enabled Electronic Business Nan Si Shi, Ph.D. University of South Australia, Australia V.K. Murthy, Ph.D. University of. Activated M Business or E Business 394 Related WAP Applications 394 Summary and Conclusion 395 Acknowledgment 396 References 396 List of Figures 399 Chapter 1: Issues in the Globalization of Electronic