Reading list

IS3167 Management and innovation of

ebusiness
This reading list was last updated in July 2013.
The editions quoted here, and in the subject guide and course information sheet, are a guide.
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references are made to page numbers of previous editions, use the index of the new edition
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Essential reading
Books

Chaffey, D. E-Business and E-Commerce Management, (Harlow: Financial Times

Prentice Hall, 2011) fifth edition [ISBN 9780273752011].

Journals

Boyd, D.M. and N.B. Ellison (2008) Social Network Sites: Definition, History and
Scholarship, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, pp 210-230.
Bughin, J., M. Chui and B. Johnson (2008) "The Next Step in Open Innovation", The
McKinsey Quarterly, June pp. 1-9.
Chu, C. and S. Smithson (2007) "E-Business and Organizational Change: A Structurational
Approach", Information Systems Journal, 17 (4), pp. 369-389.
Clegg, C. W., C. Chu, et al. (2005) "Sociotechnical Study of E-Business: Grappling with an
Octopus", Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, 3 (1), pp. 53-71.
Cordella, A. (2006) "Transaction Costs and Information Systems: Does It Add Up? Journal
of Information Technology, 21 (3), pp. 195-202.
Howcroft, D. (2001) "After the Goldrush: Deconstructing the Myths of the Dot.Com
Market", Journal of Information Technology, 16 (4), pp. 195-204.
Kasper-Fuehrer, E. C. and N. M. Ashkanasy (2004) "The Interorganizational Virtual
Organization", International Studies of Management & Organization, 33 (4), pp. 34-64.
Lee, H. L. (2002) "Aligning Supply Chain Strategies with Product Uncertainties", California
Management Review, 44 (3), pp. 105-119
Lee, H. L., V. Padmanabhan and S. Whang (1997) "The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains",
Sloan Management Review, 38 (3), pp. 93-102.
Ljungberg, J. (2000) "Open Source Movements as a Model for Organizing", European
Journal of Information Systems, 9 pp. 208-216.
Lohse, G. L. and P. Spiller (1998) "Electronic Shopping", Communications of the ACM, 41
(7), pp. 81-87.
Malone, T. W., J. Yates and R. I. Benjamin (1987) "Electronic Markets and Electronic
Hierarchies", Communications of the ACM, 30 (6), pp. 484-497.

OReilly, T. (2007) "What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next
Generation of Software", Communications & Strategies: First Quarter 2007, pp. 17-37.
Available online: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1008839
Picot, A., C. Bortenlanger and H. Rohrl (1997) "The Organization of Electronic Markets:
Contributions from the New Institutional Economics", Information Society 13 (1).
Riggins, F. J. (1999) "A Framework for Identifying Web-Based Electronic Commerce
Opportunities", Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 9 (4), pp.
297-310.
Riggins, F. J. and S. Mitra (2007) "An E-Valuation Framework for Developing Net-Enabled
Business Metrics through Functionality Interaction", Journal of Organizational
Computing and Electronic Commerce, 17 (2), pp. 175-203.
Sull, D. and S. Turconi (2008) "Fast Fashion Lessons", Business Strategy Review, 19 (2),
pp. 5-11

Further reading
Farhoomand, A. (2005) Managing (E)Business Transformation: A Global Perspective,
Palgrave Macmillan Houndmills, Basingstoke, England, New York.
Schneider, G. (2009) Electronic Commerce, 8th Edn, Thomson.
Turban, E., J. Lee, D. King and H. M. Chung (2008) Electronic Commerce: A Managerial
Perspective, (5th Edition) Prentice Hall.

Other resources
The Economist (http://www.economist.com). While this is not a computer magazine it does
contain regular articles on aspects of e-business.
E-commerce Times (www.ecommercetimes.com).
Financial Times Digital Business (http://www.ft.com/technology/digitalbusiness).
Wired Magazine (http://www.wired.com/).

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