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Summary: Great Book: Best book on Electronic commerce
Review: I really liked the way the authors describedthe management issues in electronic commerce. This book is definitely among the first that looks at the internals of electronic commerce from two perspectives: Customer-to-Business: online banking, retailing and publishing Intra-Business: supply chain management, customer asset management, manufacturing and logistics. Definitely recommend the book to anyone who wants to know about E-commerce.
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Summary: Interesting History of E-Commerce early days
Review: I used this book in researching the history of e-commerce for a master's thesis at MIT. The authors, kalakota and whinston, have a done a very good job of capturing the state of the art in e-commerce prior to 1996. Anyone who is interested in what happened in the early days of e-commerce should keep a copy of this book handy. Highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Collector Item - Ahead of its time
Review: Many areas have books that were written in the early days when the landscape is unfolding. This is one such book. This book will appreciate in value as years go by as a concise snapshot of e-commerce and the Internet in 1995-96. Many new folks have rushed into e-commerce in the last two years who have no clue about the action that took place in the early years. This book provides that bearing. In some ways that is similar to Burn-Rate by Micheal Wolff.
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Summary: Interesting History of E-Commerce early days
Review: Not to go into vices and virtues of the book itself (I actually think it's pretty good)... What is surprising is Amazon's editorial guidelines - or lack of thereof, rather. One "review" too many is basically about racial/ethnic prejudices of their writers. Besides demonstrating general lack of culture, what value does that add? Is there any chance to post only reviews that deal with the content? You don't have to post this one, by the way...
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Summary: Technically inaccurate and confused
Review: Step by step, this book explains each Electronic Commerce concepts in a very easy way. Good for anyone who wants to learn more about this topic, and if yours skills are not technical, there is no problem, Kalakota and Whinston are going to explain you very well. And for the technical people, don't worry, there are a lot of chapters (like Electronic Payment Systems) that are very useful in order to understand some things behind this hot topic.
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Summary: Folks, give it the credit that's due
Review: This is an excellent book, and noting the recent comments let's not forget that this book was written in 1996. At that time it shaped many of the newer ideas that have given us the "New Economy" today. Like the author's new book "e-Business," this book was THE defenitive guide in its heyday. I used it in a graduate level electronic commerce course in my school and still have it on my shelf--with a protective plastic cover on it! This is not a quick read but a long-term keeper. Strongly recommended.
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