Hi Ana,
I am studying European Management in London and have B2B e-commerce as one of my main subjects.
During my studies, I came across many good books. I think these 4 are somehow good to start with.
1) \"managing business relationships\", David Ford, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-470-85125-2, ch. 7-9
2) "Business-to-business Marketing" Michel et al., ISBN 0-333-92195-X,
3) "Electronic Commerce", Gary P. Schneider, ISBN 0-619-15955-3
4) \"E-Business and E-Commerce Management\", Dave Chaffey, ISBN 0273 651889,
Well, there are thousants of books on e-commerce and e-business and \"online Marketing\".
The difficulty in this new area is, that each author is defining the terms in a different way. It turns out that the Internet is such a hype for many that everybody is trying to jump on the bandwagon and write about this topic. Usually with little academic research.
So I suggest, you first think about, what you are really looking for, and in what kind of area you are really interested in. That makes you able to narrow down this REALLY broad area. (Do you know the difference of \"e-Commerce\", \"e-business\" and \"online-Marketing\" ??) Some Germans like to use this fancy terminology to show off their \"knowledge\" in this new wave of Internet culture. These terms are often used interchangeably and they generate confusion among the 'Normal-Sterblichen'.
Then start looking for books and articles in that specific area (you can cover other areas later). Do look for academic journals and artices (use http://www.scholar.google.com) or try university libraries.
I recommend to start with an article from Michael E Porter \"Strategy and the Internet\", Harvard Business Review, March 2001, Vol. 79, Issue 3 and the book from D Chaffey.
You said "I am very creative and I have to jump from the financial world to the other part of the wall : )". Well, don't be fooled by all this fuzz around Internet. If you look for creativity, then you might look for Web-Design and Web-programming. E-Commerce or E-business have usually little to do with creativity. This is more strategy and corporate controlling.
You will find out...
All the best for your future !!!
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