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Database Systems and Electronic Business

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Abstract

At the end of this chapter the reader will be able to:

  • Define electronic business and electronic commerce

  • Explain how ICT aids restructuring of the internal and external value-chains of businesses

  • Describe the typical ICT infrastructure of the business

  • Identify the place of databases and database systems in the ICT infrastructure

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Beynon-Davies, P. (2004). Database Systems and Electronic Business. In: Database Systems. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-00107-7_5

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