Managerial Finance: Volume 27 Issue 7

IPO performance in business to business “B2B” e‐commerce firms: effects of strategy and industry

Craig S. Galbraith, Gregory B. Merrill

Outlines previous research on the pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs), the particular characteristics of e‐commerce firms and the ways in which internet operations differ…

E‐business e‐commerce evolution: perspective and strategy

Faramarz Damanpour, Jamshid Ali Damanpour

Cites survey evidence that many firms undertaking e‐commerce projects do not appraise or evaluate them in traditional ways and discusses how businesses can deal with the many…

Multimedia content on the web: problems and prospects

M. Anaam Hashmi, Turgut Guvenli

Outlines the technological problems which make it hard to deliver high quality video over the internet, e.g. insufficient bandwidth, clients’ machines etc.; and considers how they…

Electronic commerce: current and future practices

Fahri Karakaya, Earl T. Charlton

Tabulates the numbers of internet users in various countries and assesses the size of the e‐commerce economy in the USA. Discusses the reasons why consumers use the internet, the…

Impact of Internet on financial services industry: a case study of on‐line investing

Fahri Unsal, Hormoz Movassaghi

Outlines the internet’s contribution to the US economy with particular reference to the growth of online investing since 1994. Presents a study of the factors leading to this…