Like most financial institutions, Chase Global Markets (now part of J.P. Morgan Chase) found that e-business opportunities challenged its core business model. The Global Markets business serves large institutional investors (as opposed to individual investors) and thus handles very large...

This article suggests a model that extends the e-finance framework from the technology perspective and provides a basis for a more comprehensive approach to financial digitisation. Specifically, the e-finance model is comprised of four components: digital wealth creation; digital wealth...

Among many leading organizations, in all sectors of industry, commerce and government, there is considerable evidence of e-business being deployed to achieve strategic goals. Where this deployment has been most successful, there is a strong case that the organization has taken an integrated...

This case study describes how UPS has successfully migrated from a bricks-andmortar environment to a clicks-and- mortar environment. It focuses on the development of an IT capability that positioned UPS to aggressively pursue e-business opportunities. It then describes the firm?s wide ranging...

At present e-business is standard alternative and its development is very fast. E-commerce is subset of e-business. E-commerce is implementation of the business transactions on the internet (internet stores, booking system, and so on). E-business and e-commerce have directly dependence on...

Background: E-business and Information Technology (IT) are critical components in the improvement of logistics functions. As logistics contributes to the entire strategic planning of a firm, e-business and IT applications support the implementation of strategic planning in a more efficient and...

Lately we have seen a growing interest from both public and private organisations to adopt Open Source Software (OSS), not only for a few, specific applications but also on a more general level throughout the organisation. As a consequence, the organisations’ decisions on adoption of OSS are...

Delta Air Lines entered e-business with much aplomb when it agreed to providePriceline.com with its excess inventory (seats on planes) in exchange for a 10% equity position.When Priceline stock soared, Delta sold part of its holding for $750 million. Delta managementrecognized that e-business...

Changing the basis of competition, e-Business means doing business electronically by bringing together buyers and sellers. The growth of e-business moves businesses from the place to the space. The familiar components of the place: cash, checks, paper reports and documents, store fronts, and...

The heterogeneous and decentralized nature of renewable energy sources is too much to handle for traditional and centralized IT grid infrastructure. Blockchain technology can address many of the associated challenges. This paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art technology layers of...