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Summary: Enthusiastic Treatment of an Exciting Subject
Review: e-Business: Roadmap for Success is a strategists approach to a whole new business concept. The authors take the approach that although many want to see this as a threat to business as we know it, the reality is there is a whole new world of opportunity out there waiting to be exploited.The subject matter builds from turning the traditional business paradigm on its head and now really making the customer king. E-Commerce is put into its true context, trend spotting is highlighted, design, architecture, Customer Relationship Management, Selling Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management and e-Procurement are all covered. The text builds on the different approaches to highlight the need to identify a company's main e-business approach. This book is enthusiastic. Beware you will need to put this into action.
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Summary: One great book cannot be answer for all
Review: Number of reviews this book received is an indicator, e-Business is one biggest challange all sorts of companies are facing now. I enjoyed reading the book, agreed with most, disagreed some, and definetely learned lot. It may not be perfect but definetely the best e-Business book in market. My investment in time and money paid of as good as Nasdaq. Authors covered all ERP modules in detail, a great tutorial for a novice. Also, they carefully reviewed integration problems, and pitfalls of home grown software, but they left the interface of the packaged software to the owner. In my opinion this book is a good reading for all, beginner and expert. It state clear definitions of e-Commerce, e-Business, CRM, etc. I also enjoyed reading the book reviews here. It is interesting to see diversity which is good. I don't know if authors could reply to reviews? I promise you that big-dumb companies (as one reviewer attributes) did not grow big by being dumb, and they will not all become big.dot companies. Although they are investigating into e-Business, there will be t- businesses here years to come. At least until "Jetson's" life style become a reality. SAP is given as an example throughout the book possibly because SAP has largest market share in ERP, and is actively working towards bringing e-Business solutions. And may be because authors have experience in using the SAP, just like most consultants are. And yes, there is an area (or module) the authors did not cover is PP-PI which is production planning. PP will be the most difficult part of business to integrate into e-business. I gave this book five star and anxiously waiting for a new addition. BTW, wouldn't be great to hire that 5th grader who can write a five star books?
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Summary: Excellent E-Business overview
Review: If you are looking for an excellent overview of E-business, this is the book for you. It is only superficially about e-commerce. If you are not familiar with the acronyms of E-Business, CRM, ERP, SCM, etc... This book will explain those in detail and how they effect your company in terms of business and the new realm of doing business electronically. Extensive lists of questions and review points are an added bonus to get you thinking about what E-Business means to you and your company.
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Summary: good book
Review: I have read this one very quickly. It contains a lot of information, but unfortunately, not everything I was looking for. If you are a back office person than this book is for you! I was looking more for an overview on e-business in general.
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Summary: Boring book on integration of legacy systems
Review: This is not E-Business, this is just "how to make money fast with companies who are not ready for the Internet".
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Summary: Creating the App. Infrastructure is the core problem....
Review: This book makes excellent points about the importance of thinking about application frameworks, not isolated apps. The thing that I learned from this book was that large companies need to make their investments in app. frameworks -- integrated set of interlocking applications -- very carefully. This is especially true for companies moving to e-business. The book does have its flaws. But, all in all as a first book on e-business application infrastructure it is an excellent one. It tells the story extremely well and is a handy reference. I hope that the authors are going to put out a second edition soon. A lot has changed in the last year since the book has been published. It would be good if the authors updated the book and added more chapters like Application Service Providers (ASP) and also a chapter on implementation issues/challenges. They can title the next edition "e-business 2.0" :-)
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Summary: A big SAP commercial!
Review: This book has a main thesis: ERP-type software is the answer to E-commerce problems! This book has a secondary thesis: SAP IS the ERP of choice. The abundant amount of references to SAP border on the shameful...SAP could not have paid for a better advertisement. Ravi is a good writer. He weaves good points all throughout the book. However, he just talks about SAP so often that it is difficult to see him as objective. The best audience for this book is a beginning consultant at a Big 5 (or other) Consulting firm.
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Summary: An excellent book by any standards
Review: An excellent guide for managers who wish to take their companies into the new millennium on a winning note. It's a pity most companies have not realized the importance e-business into the 21st century. Dr. Kalakota has done a magnificent job outlining the nuances of e-business and how companies can use the technologies available today to stay ahead in the game.
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Summary: The E-Compendium for all types of business
Review: The book is providing hands-on information on almost every aspect of e-anything. I actually can't see any area, which was left out. I would have appreciated a larger part on e-banking, but the amount of information is more than satisfying to me. The only reason this book has 4 out of 5 is the quality of the cover, which is not the fault of the author, but of the publisher. But this shouldn't stop anyone from buying the book.
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Summary: Good Book for Large Companies
Review: This book is not for entrepreneurs who are racing to build new companies. The authors are mostly talking about how to take "big dumb companies" and turn them into "big dot com" companies. The issues that large companies have to deal with are often very different from the small startups who have no baggage to carry. The authors do a good job of identifying the challenges in the creation of an Integrated Back-Office, a critical requirement for e-commerce.
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