Strategies for
          eCommerce Success
                         Bijan Fazlollahi, Ph.D.
                      Georgia State University, USA
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                    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
                    Fazlollahi, Bijan, 1939-
                          Strategies for ecommerce success / Bijan Fazlollahi.
                              p. cm.
                         Includes bibliographical references and index.
                         ISBN 1-931777-08-7 (paper)
                           1. Electronic commerce.  I. Title.
                     HF5548.32 .F39 2002
                     658.8'4--dc21                                                                     2001059430
                    eISBN: 1-931777-29-2
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