Why is e-business the next great revolution in both business and society? -- How do you transform your business to e-business? -- How do you introduce e-business in your own company? -- What are the key enabling technologies? -- What are the tools for managing domain and process knowledge? -- e-Business and knowledge management -- Roadmap -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Dispelling the myths of e-business -- 1.1 e-Commerce widens the income gap between the developed and the developing world? -- 1.2 e-Business squares the bell curve? -- 1.3 e-Business kills emotional intelligence? -- 1.4 e-Business is the death of society? -- 1.5 Summary: Fundamental success factors for e-business transformation -- 2. Turning business into e-business -- 2.1 e-Business transformation: evolution or revolution -- 2.2 Business process outsourcing over the Web -- 2.3 From Web sites to portals -- 2.4 Case study: pharmaceutical industry -- 2.5 Case study: dating over the Web -- 2.6 Critical success factors for e-business transformation -- 3. Blueprint for e-business implementation -- 3.1 The IPI blueprint -- 3.2 e-Business deployment roadmap -- 3.3 Knowledge management deployment -- 3.4 e-Business project management: new concepts, old obstacles! -- 3.5 Critical success factors for e-business project management -- 4. Key e-business technologies -- 4.1 e-Business technology overview -- 4.2 Introduction to XML -- 4.3 Security -- 4.4 Digital money -- 4.5 Virtual collaboration -- 4.6 Workflow management -- 4.7 Business process integration -- 4.8 Critical technology success factors for e-business transformation -- 5. Tools for managing knowledge -- 5.1 The MIT Process Handbook -- 5.2 Knowledge navigation -- 5.3 Critical knowledge management success factors for e-business transformation -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References and further reading.