What is Switzerland’s position today with regard to the acceptance, diffusion and usage of new work forms and business methods in the economy and society? One of the most extensive international surveys of population and businesses done thus far gives well founded answers to these questions:...

Wo steht die Schweiz heute bezüglich Akzeptanz, Verbreitung und Nutzung von neuen Arbeits-und Geschäftsformen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft? Eine der bisher umfassendsten und gründlichsten internationalen empirischen Untersuchungen in der Bevölkerung und bei Betrieben gibt auf diese Frage...

Wo steht die Schweiz heute bezüglich Akzeptanz, Verbreitung und Nutzung von neuen Arbeits-und Geschäftsformen in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft? Eine der bisher umfassendsten internationalen, empirischen Untersuchungen in der Bevölkerung und bei Betrieben gibt auf diese Frage wissenschaftlich...

The recently (2003) Iranian legislator authorize act about Electronic commerce in Iran and this Law consists of a set of rules and principles to be applied for easy and secure communication of information in electronic intermediaries using state of the art communication systems. Legislator state...

In this article the results of a comprehensive empirical study of 1,200 Polish online stores are presented. It was focused on elements that affect the lead time: information about the availability of goods, about the exact stocks and about the declared delivery time. The significant differences...

In this article main advantages and disadvantages of internet distribution as additional channel were analysed. The profs were divided into real, illusory and ambiguous factors. Then threats and disadvantages were shown. The important issues concerning additional internet channel were also...

The article describes the work undertaken by the BIS in 1998 and earlier on "electronic money". (Annotated text, based on a presentation made at the Conference "on "Trends in Electronic Commerce", Hamburg, Germany, 8th June 1998", published at the time at vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de;...

Four years of EU membership has brought new opportunities and challenges for local companies and public administration in member countries. New small and medium companies (SMB) emerged in the neighboring regions cross over the former frontiers, there are new clusters using inter-regional...

Das Ziel des folgenden Papiers besteht darin, erstens die Ergebnisse der Fallstudien im Bereich Electronic Commerce in der Schweiz zusammenzufassen und zweitens, wichtige Lehren aus diesen „Case studies“ zu ziehen. Folgende wichtigste Lehren zur optimalen Praxis von E-Commerce lassen sich...

In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the international level as well as expert statements from the industry. The guide investigates recent developments in legal and technological protection of digital music and...