Implementing New Business Models in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations: Technologies and Applications: Technologies and Applications

Chen, Te Fu

Dec 2010 · IGI Global

About this ebook

As technology continues to evolve, existing business models become limited with respect to complexity and speed. Accordingly, significant transformation has shaped the economy and business environments in recent decades.

Implementing New Business Models in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations: Technologies and Applications provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings on a new platform of business models and then explores the relationship between the new Business 2.0 alliance and Web 2.0.

About the author

Te Fu Chen, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He has taught in the Department of Information Management at Chang Jung Christian University. He has also taught in Department of International business at Ching Yun University and Cheng Shiu University, Taiwan. Dr Chen received his MBA degree in business and information management from MBA, Provindence University Taiwan in 1999; and PhD degree in management from the University of Western Sydney, Australia in 2007. His research interests include business model innovation, knowledge-based innovation, knowledge management, e-commerce/e-business, CRM, SCM, international marketing and service innovation and management. Recently, he starts to research tourism and leisure management and cultural innovation and creative industry.

Dr Chen has published over hundred papers and books in international journals global publishers, such as Edward Elgar (EE) Publishing Ltd, IGI Global Publishing group in UK and USA, Journal of Global Commerce and Management, Tamsui oxford journal of management sciences (International journal), Journal of knowledge management and practice (Top 7 for KM in International journal), International journal of e-business management (EI), International Journal of Central Asian Studies, Journal for SME Development, Journal of Entrepreneurship Research, Web Journal of Chinese management review (International journal), International Journal of Information Technology and Management (EI) etc.

Currently, he is the book editor in IGI Global publishing group, USA and IBIMA Journal of innovation management in SMEs, also, he has been the reviewer in Journal of Internet Technology (SCI-E), International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB): a special issue for the quality papers presented in ICEB 2005, International Journal of Technology Management (SCI/SSCI) on the theme "Trade, Technology and Economic Development in China", reviewer and the member of Editor board, "Risk Assessment and Management in Pervasive Computing: Operational, Legal, Ethical and Financial Perspectives", IGI Global, USA., International conference on e-business 2005, Hong Kong, International conference on e-business 2007, Taiwan, 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2009, Monash University: Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, The 44th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44), 2010, one of the most reputable and influential conferences in the field of system sciences.

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