In 2006 two conferences, ICEB and eBRF, joined forces in Tampere, Finland to create a joint conference for researchers, practitioners and policymakers all over the world. The conference was built around the main theme “Global Conference on Emergent Business Phenomena in the Digital Economy”. Frontiers of e-business Research (FeBR) 2006, - a collection of 73 research papers – presents the conference proceedings of ICEB + eBRF 2006 conference.

ICEB + eBRF 2006 was organized by the Institute of Business Information Management at the Tampere University of Technology. Co-organizers included the following universities: Tsinghua University (China), The National University of Singapore, National Chiao Tung University, (Taiwan), National Chengchi University, (Taiwan), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, (Australia), California Polytechnic State University, (USA), California State University, Sacramento, (USA) and the University of Tampere (Finland).