Business Web Strategy: Design, Alignment, and Application: Design, Alignment, and Application

Al-Hakim, Latif · Memmola, Massimo

nov 2008 · IGI Global

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In the contemporary dialogue surrounding business Web strategy, two salient concerns indicating trouble in virtual space are emerging: (1) that the Internet may create additional managerial problems, and (2) that it may not actually be a solution for corporate problems. Empirical studies point to a lack of sound managerial Web strategy as well as a mismatch between a firm's Web strategy and its business strategy.

Business Web Strategy: Design, Alignment, and Application addresses the gap in business Web strategy through a collection of concentrated managerial issues. Gathering the latest theoretical frameworks, case studies, and authoritative research, this in-depth collection will be a powerful tool for managers, consultants, and trainers in their efforts to maximize the power of the Web to support business strategy, and a rich reference for academics, researchers and students in the field of Web strategy.

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Latif Al-Hakim lectures in Management in the Faculty of Business at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His experience spans industry, research and development, and academic institutions. Latif was awarded his undergraduate degree in 1968, and went on to receive his Masters (1978) and PhD (1983) from the University of Wales (UK). Dr. Hakim has published extensively in information management and systems modelling. He is the author and editor of seven books, more than ten chapters in books and more than 60 papers in various journals and conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International journal of Information quality and Associate Editor International journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations. Latif has also consulted to a number of major industrial organizations in Australia.

Massimo Memmola is a researcher in the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economy, Catholic University of Milan, and a researcher of the Centre for Research and Studies in Healthcare Management (Ce.Ri.S.Ma.S.) and holds the same role at the Association for Managerial and Business Studies (ASAM) in the same University. He teaches courses in planning and control, management accounting, financial analysis, performance measurement, and Internet strategy. He is involved in several research projects in the area of the development of managerial practices in large and small companies and health-care organizations. Is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives (JHDRI).He graduated from Catholic University in 1999, and received a PhD in business administration from Catholic University in 2003. [Editor]