In the business-to-business (B2B) sector, new electronic commerce (e-commerce) initiatives like Internet-enabled supply chains and electronic marketplaces (e-marketplaces) offer firms significantly lower procurement costs, increased operating efficiencies, and expanded market opportunities....

Dans cet article nous présentons un mécanisme de négociation multicritère pour le commerce électronique, basé sur un modèle multicritère utilisant des points de référence. Selon ce modèle, l'acheteur doit spécifier un point d'aspiration qui exprime les valeurs souhaitées sur chaque...

This paper discusses mobile commerce aspects, with specific attention focused on differences between electronic and mobile commerce. The paper proposes a theoretical investigation of these differences, on three levels: technical problems, customer attitude, and business models. On this bases, at...

With the rise of e-commerce, online payment service providers, such as PayPal, have proven to be an effective tool for online transactions. A personal interview of 190 semi-professional and professional working adults within the metropolitan area of Pittsburgh, PA, derived from several companies...

This paper looked at E-LOAN benchmarking operation and reported on the issues related to the development of internet-based lending in Taiwan from an evolutionary perspective. Some driving forces for the changes and the opportunities and challenges offered by the growth of online lending business...

Online piracy may substantially undermine intellectual property rights of digital goods. There is much controversy concerning the issue of music piracy over the internet and the implementation of new information technology in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) with the rebirth of Napster and...

Business and economy are inextricably linked with the development and implementation of new technology. While e-commerce clearly has a positive impact on the business sector, doubts have been raised about its impact on the macroeconomic growth and development. Impact of internet and e-commerce...