electronic commerce

Provides an overview of the Internet, explores the workings of a dotcom business--how it is funded, its staff, and what makes it different from other businesses, and profiles related jobs.

Mike Daisey chronicles the years he spent working for Amazon.com, offering a humorous account of how the company was run, who some of his more entertaining co-workers were, and why the company has become so successful when other dot-coms are dying off.

Provides an overview of the history of Amazon.com and introduces its founder, Jeffrey Bezos.

Discusses what education and skills are needed to run a business on the Internet and profiles several successful Web entrepreneurs.

Presents an in-depth look at Amazon, its founder Jeff Bezos, and his grand vision for becoming "the everything store." Draws on interviews with former and current Amazon employees and the Bezos family. Includes photographs.

A biography of Jeff Bezos, discussing his early life as the adopted son of a Cuban-American immigrant, and his success as the founder of the online bookstore Amazon.com.

This insightful work combines Jeff Bezos's life story, beginning in 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the creation of Amazon, in 1995, and its rise as the largest online retailer in the world. Bezos's zeal and tirelessness has seen Amazon through the inevitable ups and downs that come with building a worldwide powerhouse.

Provides an introduction to online retailing, looks at different types of electronic commerce, offers advice on getting started in the field, and explains how to launch an electronic retail business.