Many Slovenian organizations are already using electronic commerce as an ingredient in daily business, largely due to the Slovenian e-commerce project. Based on the requirements for further development and the attained results the Centre for E-commerce has been formed and is based at the Faculty of Organizationa Sciences, University of Maribor. A number of research results are currently being used in the management of companies. Stemming from the research results the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in cooperation with the end-users - the companies has introduced a new post-graduate programme of Electronic commerce. The results of the research group can be directly used by the Slovenian companies via the IRC Slovenia project (5. Framework programme). Our work is significantly contributing to the improvement of innovation in the Slovenian economy and its position in the world market, as is evident from the established connections between our companies and the foreign companies offering and requesting new technologies and production facilities. Via the "Slovenian e-commerce project" with over 35 participants many seminars on e-commerce were executed and numerous prototype solutions for companies and government were developed. Important industry recognition of the work in the research programme is the award, given by the Trimo d.d. for the research results in the year 2003. The award was given for the Master of Science dissertation "Interactive scheduling with genetic algorithms and visual event simulation model" by an associate of the Laboratory of Cybernetics and Decision Support Systems. The award for research results given by an important Slovenian company is a statement of recognition of the quality of research performed at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences. The most significant applicative achievements of the group are: Introduction of a production planning support system in the Iskra Avtoelektrika d.d., Implementation of a customer order scheduling in the Iskra Avtoelektrika d.d., Development of a decision support system for the reingeneering process in construction industy, Organization of the European Information Systems Conference (ECIS), Organization an important international conference in the area of e-commerce, supported also by the European Community: the Bled Electronic Commerce Conference which represents an important encouragement for our research, and the programme has enabled us to prepare a word-class scientific conference inside Slovenia. Development and implementation of an IS supporting the management of international scientific conferences organized within the research programme. Work in the IRC Slovenia project (5. Framework programme, IRC4.67) has increased the number of contacts and business contracts between Slovenian and foreign companies. Development of an IS for the needs of health care services: Computer-Aided Information for Community Nursing. Implementation of an IS for wireless health care support: Telenurse ID-Entity, Telematic Applications for Nurses..