Internet Commerce Metrics and Models delivers today’s best practices for e-business investment and management decision-making, based on real-world case studies and advanced analysis techniques. It gives e-commerce entrepreneurs and decision-makers a comprehensive, up-to-date framework for understanding Internet business models-and desperately needed metrics for evaluating them. The authors introduce an exclusive five-stack e-business model, encompassing platform, content, community, commerce, and the “services” that add value to them. Using this framework, they construct a complete e-commerce business model, analyzing the economic impact of key choices, and introducing new ways to project the consequences of your decisions. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, manager, investor, or consultant, this book’s breakthrough framework and analytical techniques will add value to every e-business decision you make.