E-enterprise : business models, architecture, and components / Faisal Hoque

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I. E-enterprise and E-business: 1. From e-commerce to e-enterprise; Part II. E-business Models: 2. e-business application Models; 3. The b-to-c application model; 4. The b-to-b application model; Part III. Components for E-enterprise Architectures: 5. E-enterprise architecture; 6. E-enterprise business components; 7. E-enterprise technology components; Part IV. E-enterprise Methodology: 8. Building e-enterprises

E-commerce is still a new and volatile industry, but each day a new enterprise pops up promising to be the next big thing. The real challenge is to understand what is involved in using the Internet as a means to building a successful business. Rather than coming up with marketing hooks and product innovations, e-Enterprise: Business Models, Architecture, and Components demystifies e-commerce and describes how a business should determine its own future by taking the next step and becoming an agile 'e-enterprise'. Faisal Hoque introduces the concept of high-level abstraction of business processes and application functionality that result in reusable business and technology components. He provides a methodology that is critical for all business leaders and technologists trying to build an enterprise on the Internet