E-Commerce Success: Building a Global Business Architecture

According to International Data Corp (IDC), the worldwide market for Internet-related services is expected to explode - from $4.5 billion in 1997 to $43.6 billion by 2002. The main impetus for this trend is the rush to implement e-commerce Web sites. This new report from CTR explores the different e-commerce models - business groupings, business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce, and business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce - that help managers determine which method suits their companies' needs. The report also covers the security and legal issues that are critical to successful e-commerce implementation.