Objectives

• Readers will become familiar with the main concepts and principles related to e-commerce and their connections to the human aspects of software engineering.

• Readers will become familiar with examples of e-commerce companies, learn principles for analyzing such companies, and gain basic ideas of what topics to consider when and if they decide to develop a Web site that supports an online company.

• Readers will be able to examine e-commerce environments from cognitive and social perspectives.

• Readers will be able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the timeless nature of the Internet.