Hi:
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book on electronic
commerce titled: FRONTIERS of ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (868 pages). The book
presents a comprehensive overview of the different facets of electronic
commerce (consumer-to-business, business-to-business, and intra-organizat=
ion).
The technology supporting these different types of commerce is also expla=
ined.

For more details -- Preface, Table of Contents, Chapter 1, Tranparencies =
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talks on Electronic Commerce  -- see:
        http://commerce.ssb.rochester.edu/book.html

Please see the enclosed table of contents for more details.

-- Ravi
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Ravi Kalakota                   POTS: (716) 275-3102    Fax: (716)273-1140
Xerox Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Simon School of Business --University of Rochester
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Frontiers of Electronic Commerce
Ravi Kalakota, University of Rochester and=20
Andrew B. Whinston, University of Texas at Austin
Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0-201-84520-2, 868 pp., softcover, 1996.=20

      Preface=20

      1 Welcome to Electronic Commerce=20
         1.Electronic Commerce Framework=20
         2.Electronic Commerce and Media Convergence=20
         3.The Anatomy of E-Commerce Applications=20
         4.Electronic Commerce Consumer Applications=20
         5.Electronic Commerce Organization Applications=20
         6.Summary

      2 The Network Infrastructure for Electronic Commerce=20
         1.Market Forces Influencing the I-Way=20
         2.Components of the I-Way=20
         3.Network Access Equipment=20
         4.The Last Mile: Local Roads and Access Ramps=20
         5.Global Information Distribution Networks=20
         6.Public Policy Issues Shaping the I-Way=20
         7.Summary

      3 The Internet as a Network Infrastructure=20
         1.The Internet Terminology=20
         2.Chronological History of the Internet=20
         3.NSFNET: Architecture and Components=20
         4.National Research and Education Network=20
         5.Globalization of the Academic Internet=20
         6.Internet Governance: The Internet Society=20
         7.An Overview of Internet Applications=20
         8.Summary

      4 The Business of Internet Commercialization=20
         1.Telco/Cable/On-Line Companies=20
         2.National Independent ISPs=20
         3.Regional-Level ISPs=20
         4.Local-Level ISPs=20
         5.Service Providers Abroad=20
         6.Service Provider Connectivity: Network Interconnection Points=20
         7.Internet Connectivity Options=20
         8.Logistics of Being an Internet Service Provider=20
         9.Summary

      5 Network Security and Firewalls=20
         1.Client=DCServer Network Security=20
         2.Emerging Client=DCServer Security Threats=20
         3.Firewalls and Network Security=20
         4.Data and Message Security=20
         5.Challenge-Response Systems=20
         6.Encrypted Documents and Electronic Mail=20
         7.U.S. Government Regulations and Encryption=20
         8.Summary

      6 Electronic Commerce and World Wide Web=20
         1.Architectural Framework for Electronic Commerce=20
         2.World Wide Web (WWW) as the Architecture=20
         3.Web Background: Hypertext Publishing=20
         4.Technology behind the Web=20
         5.Security and the Web=20
         6.Summary

      7 Consumer-Oriented Electronic Commerce=20
         1.Consumer-Oriented Applications=20
         2.Mercantile Process Models=20
         3.Mercantile Models from the Consumer's Perspective=20
         4.Mercantile Models from the Merchant's Perspective=20
         5.Summary

      8 Electronic Payment Systems=20
         1.Types of Electronic Payment Systems=20
         2.Digital Token-Based Electronic Payment Systems=20
         3.Smart Cards and Electronic Payment Systems=20
         4.Credit Card-Based Electronic Payment Systems=20
         5.Risk and Electronic Payment Systems=20
         6.Designing Electronic Payment Systems=20
         7.Summary

      9 Interorganizational Commerce and EDI=20
         1.Electronic Data Interchange=20
         2.EDI Applications in Business=20
         3.EDI: Legal, Security, and Privacy Issues=20
         4.EDI and Electronic Commerce=20
         5.Summary

      10 EDI Implementation MIME, and Value-Added Networks=20
         1.Standardization and EDI=20
         2.EDI Software Implementation=20
         3.EDI Envelope for Message Transport=20
         4.Value-Added Networks (VANs)=20
         5.Internet-Based EDI=20
         6.Summary

      11 Intraorganizational Electronic Commerce=20
         1.Internal Information Systems=20
         2.Macroforces and Internal Commerce=20
         3.Work-flow Automation and Coordination=20
         4.Customization and Internal Commerce=20
         5.Supply Chain Management (SCM)=20
         6.Summary

      12 The Corporate Digital Library=20
         1.Dimensions of Internal Electronic Commerce Systems=20
         2.Making a Business Case for a Document Library=20
         3.Types of Digital Documents=20
         4.Issues behind Document Infrastructure=20
         5.Corporate Data Warehouses=20
         6.Summary

      13 Advertising and Marketing on the Internet=20
         1.The New Age of Information-Based Marketing=20
         2.Advertising on the Internet=20
         3.Charting the On-Line Marketing Process=20
         4.Market Research=20
         5.Summary

      14 Consumer Search and Resource Discovery=20
         1.Search and Resource Discovery Paradigms=20
         2.Information Search and Retrieval=20
         3.Electronic Commerce Catalogs or Directories=20
         4.Information Filtering=20
         5.Consumer-Data Interface: Emerging Tools=20
         6.Summary

      15 On-Demand Education and Digital Copyrights=20
         1.Computer-Based Education and Training=20
         2.Technological Components of Education On-Demand=20
         3.Digital Copyrights and Electronic Commerce=20
         4.Summary

      16 Software Agents=20
         1.History of Software Agents=20
         2.Characteristics and Properties of Agents=20
         3.The Technology behind Software Agents=20
         4.Telescript Agent Language=20
         5.Safe-Tcl=20
         6.Applets, Browsers, and Software Agents=20
         7.Software Agents in Action=20
         8.Summary

      17 The Internet Protocol Suite=20
         1.Layers and Networking=20
         2.Internet Protocol Suite=20
         3.Desktop TCP/IP: SLIP and PPP=20
         4.Other Forms of IP-Based Networking=20
         5.Mobile TCP/IP-Based Networking=20
         6.Multicast IP=20
         7.Next Generation IP (IPng)=20
         8.Summary

      18 Multimedia and Digital Video=20
         1.Key Multimedia Concepts=20
         2.Digital Video and Electronic Commerce=20
         3.Desktop Video Processing=20
         4.Desktop Video Conferencing=20
         5.Summary

      19 Broadband Telecommunications=20
         1.Broadband Background Concepts=20
         2.Frame Relay=20
         3.Cell Relay=20
         4.Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)=20
         5.Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)=20
         6.Summary

      20 Mobile and Wireless Computing Fundamentals=20
         1.Mobile Computing Framework=20
         2.Wireless Delivery Technology and Switching Methods=20
         3.Mobile Information Access Devices=20
         4.Mobile Data Internetworking Standards=20
         5.Cellular Data Communications Protocols=20
         6.Mobile Computing Applications=20
         7.Personal Communication Services (PCS)=20
         8.Summary

      21 Structured Documents=20
         1.Structured Document Fundamentals=20
         2.Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)=20
         3.Summary

      22 Active/Compound Document Architecture=20
         1.Defining Active Documents=20
         2.Approaches to Active Documents=20
         3.Object Linking and Embedding=20
         4.OpenDoc=20
         5.CORBA: Distributed Objects=20
         6.Summary
      References
      Index