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Summary: Very nice book!
Review: The book gives a lot of insight on how to conduct e-business. I liked the approach very much, although it seemed to be a bit academic from time to time.
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Summary: Memo to the CEO ....
Review: Dear CEO, "Don't waste your time on this contrived 2nd edition of an equally bad use of trees." Perhaps it was a re-write that was cranked out during the crash and burn of the author's e-commerce company. This is one of the worst "e" books. I feel sorry for the college students that must suffer it. Syrup and hype. It's no longer time to write "cute memos" to the CEO, it's time to get on with the serious work of using the Internet to transform business.
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Summary: Good comprehensive book
Review: I have read some of the reviews on this book and frankly some of the reviews are not deserved. If you look at the copyright date, this book was printed more than 3 years ago. So, it is safe to say that it was penned probably 4 years ago. Folks that was 1998. At that time, the author was actually prescient in laying out a landscape of what "e-business" was going to be and how it is different from E-commerce. Obviously, we have learned a lot more about e-business -- what works and what doesn't. Bashing authors for writing a forward looking book or starting a venture is probably not the right thing to do. Starting a business takes a lot more than knowledge. It takes a lot of luck, good decisions, and project management. Definitely ingredients which are beyond the subject matter of this book.
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Summary: A theoretical "Roadmap for Success"
Review: While the book may be an interesting read, Mr Kalakota launched a company called Hsupply.com which failed after one year and closed in November 2000 blaming lack of available funding. Afterwards Mr Kalakota stated "I thought I knew a lot". Enough said...
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Summary: Don't bother...
Review: I see a second edition has been published, and the author says that they reworked pretty much the whole thing. Considering that the business he started based on the principles in this book went bell-up, I'd say that's a good thing. I haven't read the second edition, so I can't speak to it.The examples in this edition are weak. It's a very dry and boring read. There were no startling revelations in this book - nor was there a "roadmap" to success. While I give this book a poor rating - I must say that haven't found any good books out there for piloting the ebusiness world. It's still probably too early in the game to nail down a true framework to go by. If you absolutely *must* have a book to sit on your shelf and gather dust on this subject - this book is as good as any other.
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Summary: The best book to explain e-business transformation
Review: e-business transformation (eBT) is going on at an ever accelerating pace. eBT is "making money the old fashioned way, earning it". No books, ezines or magazines I have read cover this subject better than the authors. I use this book in my class at UCLA called "e-business, transform your company now". I used the authors previous book and find this updated one "just in time publishing". My classes anxiously await the authors next publications. Fred Held Adjunct Professor UCLA Extension.
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Summary: You will regreat if u miss it.
Review: Actually i read this book simply just to find the answer for my assignment coz' it's the core textbook recommended by my university. i have no idea about e-business & e-commerce. But once i read it, i found that it's very interesting and i love to read it till the end and not just for answering my assignment anymore. The author used easy and simple understanding English besides straight forward. There's a lot of examples given which i don't know before. So after reading it, i know more about e-economy.
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Summary: Excellent Overview
Review: I found this book to be an excellent overview of E-business. This book really gets into the business problems facing large frims and talks about how the enterprise frameworks can help structure these problems. Like all "e" books there is some hype. But this is to be expected given the time period this edition was written. Hindsight is pure and clear. But, the book holds up pretty well.
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Summary: Inadequate, messy, and hype
Review: I have read many e-commerce books, this one is part of my school recommended text and that is why I need to read it from cover to cover, else I would have threw it out few chapters later. It's a badly organised book that throw a bunch of IT-driven business concepts that has been around for many years, slap an 'e-' in front of it, and call it a 'e-business' book. It tries to depict 'e-business' to be everything, and teach nothing, tells you what you should do, but doesn't tell you how you could possibly do it, it tells you whats wrong in many business process, but does not tell you what is the solution. Most of the time, the answer will lead back to vaguely say 'you need integrated enterprise application' or 'you need to change'. I would prefer more focus and realistic books that does not pretend to be everything like those by Patricia B. Seybold, etc..
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Summary: Good managerial overview
Review: This book is an excellent overview of issues that CIOs and line of business managers are wrestling with as they implement large scale (and very expensive) e-business frameworks. The recent Nike/I2 400 million supply chain implementation fiasco illustrates the complexity of making and implementing complex next generation application choices. Many more failed implementations like this are to follow if managers don't have a clear paradigm -- like the one shown in this book -- that frames their thinking. The book is not for the detail oriented or is definitely not a how-to Java book. If you are looking for such as book it is best to look elsewhere.
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