Customer Rating: 
Summary: E-Business Review
Comment: This book can open a person's mind to see how many opportunities actually exist out online. This book is general, which gives a broad view of what is needed in a online business, and what's recommended. But this book is a little out of date, published 2006. This book does not get into the technical aspects of online business, but it does provide enough knowledge to commence a business strategy.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book
Comment: I had to get this book for a college course, and i will be keeping it for a refference guide. This is a great book, and really goes into depth on the fundimentals of building an outstanding e-business from the ground up. If you are serious about starting a buisness, than buy this book!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Someone who is using it in the classroom
Comment: This is a terrific book, particularly if you are someone who is not familiar with all of the ins and outs of e-commerce. It is thorough, it is well written and it gives the novice a great overview about all of the different areas of e-commerce, which changes, daily.
I am using it in an introduction college course in e-commerce and marketing communication and it is a great supplement to the other books that I am using. Not everyone comes to learning about this subject with a good understanding of business in general and Napier and company do a great job of knitting that into the mix while teaching you about the key e-commerce concepts.
I read a litany of e-commece textbooks before choosing this one, literally a dozen or more --- this one won the contest.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Abominable
Comment: There are two things that make this book unusable in any classroom. First, this book is an exercise in plagiarism.
Almost nothing is cited; apparently, the authors feel that
they only need to cite sources if they pull specifics,
and then sporadically. A list of sources at the back of
the chapter is not enough.Second, the report example in chapter four is atrocious.
I would not accept anything so non-standard as this from my
students. Like the book itself, it is a study in plagiarism;
nothing in the report is cited (see the executive summary
on page 121, specifically, "The market for wilderness
adventure travel is growing at 15% annually." Where did
this information come from?)
If these authors are in any way representative, it's no
wonder copyright issues are so hotly contested today. They
apparently feel that they can include material from other
sources and give no credit. Shame.
