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An article with a calculator tool to compare your company's costs with average industry costs

There does seem to be a lot of confusion surrounding e-commerce. To help clear up matters, we've asked--and answered--ten key questions about e-commerce

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Esther Dyson, Guy Kawasaki, J. Neil Weintraut, and others spell out what it takes to fly.

Here's the straight dope: There's no turning back from the Internet Age. And that doesn't mean E-mail or Web browsers or a Web site. It means transforming your company into a full-fledged E-business. It means reengineering and throwing out the old busines

An excellent article expounding on how CEOs can, should and do treat IT

discusses the issues involved with Internet companies securing debt

a discussion of new portals targeted at small businesses; discusses 3 types: (1) free e-commerce providers, (2) 'how to' and 'where to' sites, (3) purchasing sites

Series of useful articles such as: getting strategic & financial planning in same bailiwick; vendor negotiation strategies; deriving value from vendor references; etc.

primarily a discussion about Perl and PHP

This year's top offerings have helped make the Internet the great enabler of business processes

the fast track to becoming an e-business; it's no longer a question of Whether, but How--and the best Web models are emerging

The leaders of E-Business: Innovative users of the Internet take charge of the new economy

Gives detailed analysis of 6 well-designed web sites

On the Internet, it's survival of the easiest...it's cheaper to increase the design budget than the ad budget

The Internet is most analogous to the railroad revolution more than a century ago.

excellent layman's overview with topics such as components, ownership & control, and speed; incl. some good graphics

Incredibly informative article on the history of ERP and an anlysis of the future; includes a glossary

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B-to-B ecommerce is dominated by basic models (forward auctions, reverse auctions, Internet exchanges). Here's how they work.

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insightful article series from Business 2.0

E-transformation is forcing IT and business managers to relearn the roles

With the help of VCs, corporate goliaths are fighting to reclaim Internet real estate; five examples are presented

Providers can handle excess Web-site demand and let businesses avoid overbuilding networks

Tech support is expensive. Your CEOs and CIOs want you to show them the ROI. How do you provide the tech support your organization needs and stay within budget? Download TechRepublic's white paper to find out.

article talks about six characteristics Frank Gens, senior VP at IDC, says successful companies will share.

Trying to lead fast-growing organizations in volatile, uncertain markets poses a significant leadership challenge-and requires executives with unusual-even paradoxical-qualities. Example: Such leaders must be highly confident and self-assertive while also being open and flexible enough to be team-builders. What other skills do leaders of e-commerce ventures need? What kind of culture should they build for their organizations? A session at a recent meeting of the Wharton Forum on Electronic commerce addressed these issues.

Forecasts say business-to-business e-commerce will be huge. Yet, research firms disagree on the definition of business-to-business and how to tally it.

A 9-minute Real Video interview with Edward McCabe, VP of Merrill Lynch about B2B industry; talks about various things, incl. a discussion and comparison of VerticalNet, ICG, and Ariba

Business-to-business marketplaces are bringing buyers and sellers together on the Internet, and all the parties involved are reaping the benefits. Here's what you need to know.

article discusses four models tied to risk profile that determine strategies for doing business in today's 'e-conomy'