Intelligent enterprises of the 21st century / Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Sushil K. Sharma, [editors].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Knowledge economy and intelligent enterprises / Sushil K. Sharma, Jatinder N.D. Gupta -- The macroeconomic benefits of intelligent enterprises / Thomas F. Siems -- A comparative analysis of eBay and Amazon / Sandeep Krishnamurthy -- Key determinants of consumer acceptance of virtual stores : some empirical evidence / Lei-Da Chen, Justin Tan -- Next generation B2B commerce using software agents / Kaushal Chari, Saravanan Seshadri -- Building adaptive e-business infrastructure for intelligent enterprises / Liang-Jie Zhang, Jen-Yao Chung -- The evolving e-business enterprise systems suite / Edward F. Watson, Michael Yoho, Britta Riede -- A framework of intelligence infrastructure supported by intelligent agents / Zaiyong Tang, Bruce A. Walters, Xiangyun Zeng -- Enterprise resource planning for intelligent enterprises / Jose M. Framinan, Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Rafael Ruiz-Usano -- New challenges in electronic payments / Martin Reichenbach -- Infrastructure and policy frameworks for the support of intelligent enterprises : the Singapore experience / Leo Tan Wee Hin, R. Subramaniam -- Application service provision : a technology and working tool for intelligent enterprises of the 21st century / Matthew W. Guah, Wendy L. Currie -- Transforming small businesses into intelligent enterprises through knowledge management / Nory B. Jones, Jatinder N.D. Gupta -- From data to decisions : knowledge discovery solutions for intelligent enterprises / Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Sushil K. Sharma, Jatinder N.D. Gupta -- Pricing for intelligent enterprises : a strategic perspective / Mahesh S. Raisinghani -- Linking e-commerce strategies with organizational and IS/IT strategies / Shivraj Kanungo -- Managing operations in the e-commerce era : requirements and challenges / Henry Aigbedo -- E-business systems security for intelligent enterprise / Denis Trček -- Modern maintenance management for enhancing organizational efficiency / Adolfo Crespo Marquez, Jatinder N.D. Gupta.

"Anticipating that future enterprises need to become intelligent, Jatinder N.D. Gupta and Sushil K. Sharma have brought together the experiences and knowledge from many parts of the world to provide a compendium of high quality theoretical and applied concepts, methodologies, and techniques that help diffuse knowledge and skills required to create and manage intelligent enterprises of the 21st century for gaining sustainable competitive advantage in a global environment.

Intelligent Enterprises of the 21st Century is a comprehensive compilation of the state of the art vision and thought processes needed to design and manage globally competitive business organizations."--Jacket.