LEADER 03771nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910811925103321 005 20240418145905.0 010 $a1-282-03460-X 010 $a9786612034602 010 $a1-4443-0246-9 010 $a1-4443-0247-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000715950 035 $a(EBL)416403 035 $a(OCoLC)437097463 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000142764 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162225 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000142764 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097622 035 $a(PQKB)10894477 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC416403 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL416403 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278481 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203460 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000715950 100 $a20080229d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aE-business in construction /$fedited by Chimay J. Anumba and Kirti Ruikar ; foreword by Ronald McCaffer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChichester, UK ;$aAmes, Iowa $cWiley-Blackwell$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-8234-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Chimay J. Anumba and Kirti Ruikar -- Fundamentals of e-business / Kirti Ruikar and Chimay J. Anumba -- E-business : the construction context / Kirti Ruikar, Chimay J. Anumba and Patricia Carrillo -- Organisational readiness for e-business / Kirti Ruikar, Chimay J. Anumba and Patricia Carrillo -- Integrated multi-disciplinary e-business infrastructure framework / Ihab A. Ismail and Vineet R. Kamat -- The role of extranets in construction e-business / Paul Wilkinson -- Agent-based systems : the competitive advantage for AEC-specific e-business / Esther A. Obonyo and Chimay J. Anumba -- The role of e-hubs in e-commerce / Zhaomin Ren, Chimay J. Anumba and Tarek M. Hassan -- Web services and aecXML-based e-business system for construction products procurement / Stephen C. W. Kong, Heng Li and Chimay J. Anumba -- Using next generation web technologies in construction e-business / Darshan Ruikar, Chimay J. Anumba and Alistair Duke -- Trust in e-commerce / Zhaomin Ren and Tarek M. Hassan -- Legal issues in construction e-business / Ihab A. Ismail and Vineet R. Kamat -- Knowledge management for improved construction e-business performance / Charles O. Egbu -- E-commerce in construction : industrial case study / Tim C. Cole -- Assessment of e-business implementation in the US construction industry / Raymond R. A. Issa, Ian Flood and Bryce Treffinger -- Concluding notes / Chimay J. Anumba and Kirti Ruikar. 330 $aWith a number of disparate, often geographically distributed, organisations involved in the delivery of construction projects, there has been considerable interest in e-business tools within the construction industry. These tools open up a range of possibilities for the industry to rethink existing processes and working methods, so their use is increasingly common. Nevertheless, there has been little definitive guidance for practitioners, researchers and students on the major issues in electronic business from a construction perspective.By bringing together 16 contributions from resear 606 $aConstruction industry 606 $aElectronic commerce 615 0$aConstruction industry. 615 0$aElectronic commerce. 676 $a381/.142 701 $aAnumba$b C. J$g(Chimay J.)$0857377 701 $aRuikar$b Kirti$01689142 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811925103321 996 $aE-business in construction$94063935 997 $aUNINA