As the number of mobile device users increases rapidly and exceeds that of PC users by a large margin, conducting business and services over these mobile devices, also known as mobile commerce is becoming very attractive and is expected to drive the future development of electronic commerce. To tap the potential of mobile commerce, application providers, service providers, content providers, and technology providers have to work together to realize the future mobile commerce applications. In the process of conceptualizing and developing these applications, they have to be cognizant of the...

This collection of original articles aims to serve the academic and business communities by providing a well-rounded macroeconomic and microeconomic coverage of the New Economy - also known as the Internet Economy. As a descriptive handbook designed to facilitate use as a reference tool, it offers information suggesting microeconomic theories that fit the e-commerce revolution, and macroeconomic analyses based upon time series analyses sufficiently large to demonstrate empirical regularities. Informed descriptions of the issues, problems and approaches involved in the New Economy provide a...

This work presents research ideas and topics on how to enhance database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. It also provides insights into important developments in the field of database and database management.

This book is disseminates the research results and best practices from researchers and practitioners interested in and working on modelling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well-recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. What specifically distinguishes this book is that it looks at various research domains and areas such as enterprise, process, goal, object-orientation, data, requirements, ontology, and component modelling, to provide an overview of existing approaches and best practices in these conceptually closely-related fields.

Advanced Topics in Database Research is a series of books in the fields of database, software engineering, and systems analysis and design. They feature the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is a part of this series. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is enriched with authors who have submitted their best works for inclusion in this scholarly book. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is...

Advanced Topics in Database Research is a series of books on the fields of database, software engineering, and systems analysis and design. They feature the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 5 presents the latest research ideas and topics on database systems and applications, and provides insights into important developments in the field of database and database management. This book describes the capabilities...

"Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information" presents the latest research ideas and topics on databases and software development. The chapters in this innovative publication provide a representation of topnotch research in all areas of the database and information systems development.

A collection of the most up-to-date research-oriented chapters on information systems development and database, this book provides an understanding of the capabilities and features of new ideas and concepts in information systems development, databases, and forthcoming technologies.

This text is designed for researchers and practitioners who seek to understand the trends and developments in information modelling. The state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice of modelling methods and methodologies in information systems development should provide insights into developments in the third millennium. Other areas covered include foundations of information modelling, extended object-oriented modelling and Web information systems modelling. The work aims to address the gap between technical and business-oriented modelling approaches by providing an integrative view of...

Advanced Topics in Database Research features the latest, cutting-edge research findings dealing with all aspects of database management, systems analysis and design and software engineering. This book provides information that is instrumental in the improvement and development of theory and practice related to information technology and management of information resources.