Electronic Commerce Strategies and Models for Business-to-Business Trading [Paperback]

This volume analyzes strategic marketing approaches on the basis of both marketing theory and international case studies. Its systematic study of Internet commerce models should allow any company to better organize their business and understand where their sources of revenue come from. It offers an assessment of a rapidly growing area, covering current models and showing how they have fared in practice. The book also provides an analytical assessment of the marketplace for business-to-business electronic commerce strategies and Includes recommendations for the implementation of a marketing strategy for business-to-business e-commerce.Foreword.

Preface.

About the Author.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

Key Features of Internet Electronic Commerce.

Business Models for Electronic Commerce.

Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce Cases.

Markets and Competition.

Marketing Strategies and Programmes.

Roadmap for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce.

Bibliography.

Endnotes.

Subject Index. Because so much of the Internet is new, much of the work is predictive, though Dr. Timmers grounds the issues in applicationsof the Internet by existing companies. The book comprises a rich mix of the theoretical along with numerous case studies. --Bruce McWilliams , ,
One of the most helpful features of this book is the flexible approach to forecasting the future of B2B e-commerce . . . . Sections I would particularly recommend are those on disintermediation and on the convergence of B2B and B2C markets . . . My hot tip? If you can't plough through the whole book, the last two pages are a useful summary -and don't miss out on the case studies. --Margaret Morrison, Knowledge Specialist in the area of Elels'