Sections
Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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CONTENTS | 9 | 2 |
Glossary | 11 | 25 |
INTRODUCTION | 36 | 2 |
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 38 | 4 |
Chapter 1 | 42 | 31 |
Introduction to the E-Commerce &Internet Business | 42 | 3 |
Booking Travel Over the Internet Becomes the Norm | 45 | 2 |
Apple s iPod Revitalizes the Music Industry/Amazon and MySpace Follow Suit | 47 | 2 |
Internet Film and TV Content Grows/Netflix Evolves to Focus on Online Delivery | 49 | 2 |
User Generated Content Drives Social Media and Generates Ad Revenues | 51 | 2 |
Car Purchasers Rely on the Internet | 53 | 1 |
Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet | 54 | 2 |
Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Surges | 56 | 1 |
Amazon Gains Market Share | 57 | 1 |
Online Advertising Becomes Targeted, Nears 17% of Total Advertising Market | 58 | 2 |
Targeted Online Advertising and Social Network Advertising Boost Revenues | 60 | 1 |
Banks See Growth in Online Services | 60 | 1 |
Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grows | 61 | 2 |
Wi-Fi is Pervasive and Indispensable | 63 | 1 |
WiMAX Extends Wireless Range Far Beyond Wi-Fi | 64 | 1 |
Broadband Market Nears 1 Billion Users | 65 | 1 |
Fiber-to-the-Home Gains Traction | 66 | 1 |
U.S. Broadband Connections Rank Behind Other Nations | 67 | 1 |
VOIP Use Soars and Threatens to Revolutionize Telecom | 68 | 2 |
Telecommunications Move Online Including Unified Communications, Telepresence | 70 | 1 |
Security Needs Flourish/Firefox and Google Chrome Grow | 71 | 2 |
Chapter 2 | 73 | 23 |
E-Commerce &Internet Business Overview | 74 | 1 |
Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total &E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2002-3rd Quarter 2010 | 75 | 1 |
E-Commerce Industry, Selected Quarterly Revenues: 2009-2010 | 76 | 1 |
Internet Publishing &Broadcasting, Internet Service Providers &Web Search Portals: Estimated Revenue &Expenses, U.S. 2006-2009 | 77 | 1 |
Internet Publishing &Broadcasting: Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2009 | 78 | 1 |
Internet Service Providers: Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2009 | 79 | 1 |
Web Search Portals: Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2009 | 80 | 1 |
Data Processing, Hosting &Related Services: Estimated Sources of Revenue &Expenses, U.S.: 2005-2009 | 81 | 1 |
World Internet Usage &Population Statistics: 2010 | 82 | 1 |
Internet Access Technologies Compared | 83 | 1 |
Number of Business &Residential High Speed Internet Lines, U.S.: 2003-2010 | 84 | 1 |
Percent of Home Broadband Adoption Across Population Subgroups, U.S.: 2006-2010 | 85 | 1 |
Demographics of Internet Users by Sex, Age, Race, Community Type, Income &Education: May 2010 | 86 | 1 |
Common Internet Activities, U.S. | 87 | 1 |
Common Daily Internet Activities, U.S. | 88 | 1 |
Top 10 U.S. Web Parent Companies, Home &Work: November 2010 | 89 | 1 |
Top 10 Global Web Parent Companies, Home &Work: November 2010 | 90 | 1 |
Top 20 Websites, U.S.: January 2011 | 91 | 1 |
Top 10 Retail Industry E-Commerce Sites, U.S.: January 2011 | 92 | 1 |
Top 20 Social Networking Websites, U.S.: January 2011 | 93 | 1 |
Leading Search Engines, U.S.: December 2010 | 94 | 1 |
eBay Quarterly &Annual Statistics: 2006-2010 | 95 | 1 |
Chapter 3 | 96 | 25 |
Chapter 4 | 121 | 38 |
INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 122 | 2 |
INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 124 | 12 |
ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 136 | 4 |
INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 140 | 4 |
INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 144 | 1 |
INDEX BY REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 145 | 10 |
INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 155 | 4 |
Individual Profiles On Each Of THE E-COMMERCE 450 | 159 | 445 |
ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 604 | 31 |
INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 605 | 2 |
INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 607 | 28 |