The Encyclopedia of E-Commerce, E-Government, and Mobile Commerce provides the most inclusive and up-to-date coverage of the e-technologies field. This two-volume encyclopedia includes quality contributions highlighting current concepts, trends, challenges, applications, and dot.com experiences in the field of e-commerce, e-government, and mobile commerce. With over 200 contributions from more than 300 experts and researchers worldwide, and extensive reference sections which list 4,400 additional research works, this encyclopedia stands as the most comprehensive, research-based encyclopedia in the ever-evolving field of e-commerce, e-government and mobile commerce.

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

• B2B e-commerce
• Cyber identity theft
• Cyber public relations
• Digital Rights Management
• Dot-com businesses
• E-adoption in SMEs
• E-Collaboration
• E-commerce advertising
• E-commerce agents
• E-commerce applications & technologies
• E-government applications & technologies
• E-healthcare security & privacy
• E-healthcare technologies
• E-Marketplaces
• Electronic Voting
• End user security
• Mobile Advertising
• Mobile agents
• Mobile banking and payments
• Mobile commerce applications and technologies
• Online security and privacy
• Personal privacy in e-services
• Trust in E-Commerce
• Virtual Communities
• Virtual Enterprises
• Web Portals
• Web Services
• Web-Based Learning
• Wireless Systems

About Author

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., received his Doctorate in Business Administration from the Nova Southeastern University (Florida, USA). Dr. Khosrow-Pour taught undergraduate and graduate information system courses at the Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg for almost 20 years. He is currently Executive Editor at IGI Global (www.igi-global.com). He also serves as Executive Director of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) (www.irma-international.org) and Executive Director of the World Forgotten Children’s Foundation (www.world-forgotten-children.org). He is the author/editor of more than 100 books in information technology management. He is also currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Green Computing, International Journal of Library and Information Services, International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and International Journal of Natural Computing Research, and is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, Journal of Cases on Information Technology, and the Journal of Information Technology Research, and has authored more than 50 articles published in various conference proceedings and scholarly journals.