Original scientific paper
INTERNET ECONOMY AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Vlatko Čerić
; Graduate School of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of and development trends in the Internet Economy and Electronic Commerce. The first part of the paper describes the influence of information technology on the economy. The paper then gives an overview of the basic components of the Internet Economy, i.e. the economy based on the Internet, and it presents key figures from recent research about revenues and jobs related to the Internet Economy. Electronic Commerce (E-commerce) refers to business activities using computer networks. The main components of E-commerce, as well as its technical, business, security, regulatory and legal aspects are all presented. The paper concludes with an analysis of current trends in business and technology, and looks at the social issues of E-commerce.
Keywords
electronic commerce; Internet economy
Hrčak ID:
78699
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2000.
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