56 Computer E lectronic commerce—the application of information technology to support business processes and the exchange of goods and ser-vices—promises to radically transform business. Since 1993, use of the Internet and World Wide Web has exploded, spurred on by dramatically cheaper, higher performance hardware and software. This creates a global " infostructure " to support commerce. Today ...

Games have evolved from the arcade coin slots of the 70s to Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) costing hundreds of millions of dollars to develop. Often, MMO budgets only start to break even years after they launched. Hence the need to acquire and retain players, and have them spend extra money in the game by buying virtual items. Hence the need for business intelligence (BI) in MMOs. Be...

todays, the parent company has a great role in managing and monitoring subsidiaries and companies in promoting their industrial activities. but, the main problem for pharmaceutical parent companies is the lack of clarity and confusion of responsibilities between units. successful parenting needs to create the element of 'fit' between the ways parent operates – parent characteristics –...

In addition to fast technological advances in the area of mobile devices and its broad adoption in todays developed societies, mobile applications do not only address the consumer electronics market but are also increasingly being used in a business and industry context. Thus, we see a demand for research developing software systems comprising mobile devices with special respect to security con...