Deals with the evolution in the computerization of society. This book contains results of research and development in the areas of: e-government, business models of e-applications, innovative structures in the Internet, auctions and e-payment, future aspects of communication, Internet and the web, advanced platforms and grid computing, and others.

E-Government — A Roadmap for Progress.- Reducing Normative and Informative Asymmetries in Fiscal Management for Local Administrations.- Who are the Internet Content Providers?.- Net Market Makers in the Australian B2B E-Space.- The Success Strategies for Hybrid Business Model.- Influence of Electronic Business Technologies on Supply Chain Transformation.- Product Platforms for the Media Industry.- Dynamic Management of Business Service Quality in Collaborative Commerce Systems.- Software for the Changing E-Business.- Dynamic ROI Calculations for E-Commerce Systems.- ?P: A Micropayment System.- Electronic Auctions in Finland.- I-Centric Communications.- A Communication Framework Towards Flexible Associations of Businesses in Evolving Environments.- Introducing New Business Models in Provision of QoS Networks.- The Semantic Web.- Web Personalization Based on User’s Trade-Offs.- XML Alone is not Sufficient for Effective WebEDI.- Institutional Websites Personalization Using Macro and Micro User Profiles.- The Grid: An Enabling Infrastructure for Future E-Business, E-Commerce and E-Government Applications.- Inter-Organizational E-Services Accounting Management on Computational Grids.- A Web Services Provider.- Using Metamodels to Promote Data Integration in an E-Government Application Scenario.- A Service Oriented Approach to Interorganisational Cooperation.- A Data and Event Oriented Workflow Process Definition Metamodel Coherent with the UML Profile for EDOC Systems.- XML-Based E-Contracting.- ICT Support for Evolving Harmonization of International Alliances.- Modeling Framework for E-Business Systems.- Reference Models for Advanced E-Services.- Mapping “Enterprise Business Architecture” to “Information Systems Framework”.- A Cots-Oriented Process forConstructing Adaptable E-Government Services.- Analysis of the Relation between Service Parameters for Service Level Management and System Utilization.- Use of Models and Modelling Techniques for Service Development.

GPSR Compliance The European Union's (EU) General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a set of rules that requires consumer products to be safe and our obligations to ensure this. If you have any concerns about our products you can contact us on ProductSafety@springernature.com. In case Publisher is established outside the EU, the EU authorized representative is: Springer Nature Customer Service Center GmbH Europaplatz 3 69115 Heidelberg, Germany ProductSafety@springernature.com