Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Electronic Markets and e-Government'

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'eRegion Emergence and Impact'

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'eMergence: Merging and Emerging Technologies, Processes and Institutions'

This conference attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in all aspects of “e”. There will be a variety of keynote speakers from industry, government and academe. The conference venue is the alpine village of Bled, 30 km south of the Austrian border one of the most beautiful spots ...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'E-Business Impacts Revisited'

Only a few years ago, the emergence of online markets and electronic business was expected to revolutionize market structures, supply chains and company performance. The fact that the cost of information and communication would become very low led to the assumption that markets would show increased transparency and reaction speeds would reach hitherto unknown levels. Ebusiness and its sub-categ...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Smart Products'

Recent innovations in mobile and sensor technologies allow the creation of digital representations of almost any physical entity and its parameters over time at any place. Digital representations of global environments are gained by remote sensing systems, such as satellitebased systems or video-based systems, and are used as a fundamental part of innovative services, such as Google Earth or we...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Financial Market Engineering'

Tremendous changes are occurring in financial markets and trading organizations as a result of technology developments. These advances in IT have created significant opportunities for economies of scale, reduced transaction costs, and enhanced trading liquidity. New market systems also create major risks for exchanges and their operators stemming as a result of competitive forces unleashed by o...