TY - CHAP AU - Serena Pastore ED - Princely Ifinedo Y1 - 2012-02-10 PY - 2012 T1 - E-Business and Research Institutes: When Technologies, Platforms and Methods Converge to Meet Users’ Needs N2 - E-Business - Applications and Global Acceptance is a collection of well-written papers that employ empirical and theoretical/conceptual approaches to highlight insights on the global acceptance of electronic business (e-business) and other useful applications and conceptualizations in the area. As our knowledge of the e-business phenomenon continues to mature and evolve, it is pertinent that new insights and information be made available. This edited book is published against such a backdrop. In essence, this book seeks to provide value to both e-business researchers and practitioners, with information sourced from differing regions of the world. The diversity in the sources of insights is welcome and this edited book covers a wide range of interesting, topical, and timely issues dealing with the acceptance of e-business applications or systems, business processes integration and management, the extension of e-business concepts to not-for-profit (nonprofit) organizations, and the construction of a service innovation model. Without a doubt, this book will be a comprehensive reference point for knowledge seekers who want to understand emerging conceptualizations, processes, and behaviors in the e-business domain. BT - E-Business SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/34558 DO - 10.5772/34558 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -