Abstract
The proliferation of Internet and World Wide Web has created many technical and managerial opportunities and challenges for researchers and managers. It not only makes a large amount of online information available for decision making and strategic planning, but also empowers the development of advanced or innovative applications. The increased information complexity and diversity, however, create a strong demand for utilizing and managing the ever-increasing information effectively. Organizations need efficient, effective and scalable techniques for utilizing and managing Web information. On the one hand, we need to study the proper use of technologies for Web information modeling, environmental scanning, data mining, brokerage, security, etc. On the other hand, we need to explore the impact of the Internet on organizations as well as associated managerial challenges.