Advances in Electronic Business, Volume 1 advances the understanding of management methods, information technology, and their joint applications in business processes. The applications of electronic commerce draw great attention from practitioners in applying digital technologies to the buy-and-sell activities. This first volume...

IN LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A DECADE, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising...