Electronic business in the 1990s

The author illustrates many of the political, social, regulatory, demographic, organisational and technological pressures and the resultant threats for business, together with opportunities to secure competitive advantage. He demonstrates the significance of business technologies such as electronic data interchange (EDI) and enabling technologies such as X.400 message handling, X.500 directory services and networking. He talks through the key skills required, and in particular the integration capabilities which will be crucial to the provision of the complex inter and intra company and country systems required