"Traditional ecommerce business models are stagnating; online marketplaces grew at more than twice the rate of digital commerce overall in 2020. Only businesses that create online marketplaces that mirror the experience at Amazon, Alibaba, and other platforms can expect to grow significantly. The Online Marketplace Advantage breaks that monopoly on technology and gives B2B and B2C businesses the tools and know-how they need to create enterprise platforms...

Launch a successful online store in moments with the help of the most popular ecommerce platform on the planet As the platform of choice for over 1 million businesses in over 175 countries, Shopify powers everything from small local stores to multi-million-dollar ecommerce operations. There's no question you can make it work for you. But how can you get started? In Shopify For Dummies, ecommerce exec, adviser, and speaker Paul Waddy wastes no time...

In a few short years, e-business has gone from a simple concept to an undeniable reality, and for good reason. It works for everyone: Consumers, businesses, and governments. The primary values of e-business, such as cost savings, revenue growth, and customer satisfaction, are proving to be only the tip of the iceberg. Having realized the benefit of Web-enabling individual business processes, many companies now seek further Return On Investment (ROI)...

Revolutions begin with attacks on the language. Today's managers are bombarded with an alphabet soup of technology acronyms such as CRM, ERP, and SCM. Managers must manage in the fog of this technology revolution. Kalakota and Robinson's book provides a lens for managers who want to understand the terminology and take action--to grasp the opportunities or defend against the invading virtual competitors. When the history of e-business is written--perhaps...

"Money makes the world go round -- and how efficiently it is moved between people, organizations and governments determines the health and profitability of the world economy. In the last decade the payments industry has seen massive transformation; new regulations, technologies and consumer needs have brought extraordinary change to the tools, products, channels and use cases in payments. Innovative and disruptive payment technologies have the potential...

Online retailing is far and away the fastest growing retail sector in the United States. The growth is being fed by two forces: (1) traditional retailers are getting their "Internet acts" together, and (2) "pure play" retailers are becoming increasingly innovative. The authors studied two groups: online retailers selling popular-brand consumables for the home, such as laundry detergent, pet supplies and diapers (represented by Netgrocer.com and Diapers.com);...

"A broad introduction to bitcoin--ideal for non-tech users, investors, and business executives; technical foundations of bitcoin and cryptographic currencies for developers, engineers, and software and systems architects; details of the bitcoin decentralized network, peer-to-peer architecture, transaction lifecycle, and security principles; offshoots of the bitcoin and blockchain inventions, including alternative chains, currencies, and applications;...

Your Definitive Guide to Profiting from Mobile Commerce With more than 60% of Americans carrying smartphones, your mobile commerce opportunities are immense: not someday, right now. But, to fully capture those opportunities, it's not enough to build an app. You need to know how mobile is transforming your customers' behavior, your organization, and your competitive environment. You need to assess and apply a wide spectrum of strategies, tactics, and...