Food in the Internet Age

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Aspray, William (Συγγραφέας), Royer, George (Συγγραφέας), Ocepek, Melissa G. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Food > Biotechnology.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Food Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; IT in Business.

This book examines food in the United States in the age of the Internet. One major theme running through the book is business opportunities and failures, as well as the harms to consumers and traditional brick-and-mortar companies that occurred as entrepreneurs tried to take advantage of the Interne...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Food Online: An Introduction to a Complex Environment
• Anatomy of a Dot-Com Failure: The Case of Online Grocer Webvan
• The Dark Side of Online Food Businesses: Harms to Consumers and Main-Street Businesses
• Trust Online: From Amazon to Recipe Sharing.