Contemporary Web stores offer a wide range of products to e-customers. However, online sales are strongly dominated by a limited number of bestsellers whereas other, less popular or niche products are stored in inventory for a long time. Thus, they contribute to the problem of frozen capital and...

The paper concerns Web server log file analysis to discover knowledge useful for online retailers. Data for one month of the online bookstore operation was analyzed with respect to the probability of making a purchase by e-customers. Key states and characteristics of user sessions were...

The purpose of this article is to find out if there is a necessity of doing research in business strategies due to differences between businesses in industrial and postindustrial era. Business strategies are a key factor of success. Only a company with a good strategy can beat others in hard...

In this article methodology of e-shops comparison was proposed. 10 groups of internet shops features were distinguished and briefly described. 6 internet shops were analysed as an example of application the proposed method. Suggested method of e-shops comparison can be useful not only for IT...

In this article the problem of international trade of Polish e-shops were analysed. The first part of this article presents the characteristics of Polish online shops engaged in foreign sales. The focus of this part is on the European Union market. The following chapter introduces most important...

This article presents the barriers hindering the expansion of the Polish e-shops on the foreign markets. This part focuses on issues related to discrepancies between provisions regulating the internet sales in different countries and logistics barriers in international trade. It concentrates...

The payment system represents a sum of instruments, procedures and infrastructure for money transfer. It is of great importance for all economic agents since it enables fast and efficient payments in the national economy as well as internationally. Electronic payment system functionality is...

Web 2.0 heralds a new era of communication with a massive increase in information supply and where news, opinion and services flow directly from user to user. Financial institutions can take advantage if they stay abreast of this development. However, any Web 2.0 presence of a financial...

The general aim of this article is to present genetic algorithms as a tool, that can be used in de-mand forecasting in internet shops. First part of article identities factors, which have to be taken into consideration during analysing demand in internet shops, e.g. dispersion of demand,...