The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) library has used technology effectively to rapidly create a world-class research environment for the faculty and students at this new institution in just a few years and with a modest start-up budget. Leveraging technology was important...

Over the past two decades, businesses in virtually every sector of the world economy have benefited from the technologies of electronic commerce--the automation of commercial transactions using computer and communications technologies. Electronic commerce has spurred far-reaching changes in...