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Title:
Electronic commerce : technical, business, and legal issues
Publication Information:
New Jersey Prentice Hall 1999
ISBN:
9780139490828

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Summary

Summary

Offers an overview of the various issues surrounding E-commerce - including its impact on society and culture. This book covers the core technologies surrounding E-commerce, including network protocols, security mechanisms, and electronic storage and retrieval of multimedia and text. It also reviews business issues.


Author Notes

Nabil R. Adam is Professor of Computers & Information Systems at Rutgers University.

Oktay Dogramaci is Technical Specialist at NASA.

Aryya Gangopadhyay is Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Rutgers University.

Yelena Yesha is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. All four co-authors are consultants to IBM in E-commerce.


Table of Contents

1 Introduction
Overview
EC Statistics
Objectives of EC
Requirements and Services
2 EC Components
Electronic Data Interchange
Digital Currency
Electronic Catalogs
Intranets and Extranets
3 EC in Business
The Business Case
Business Uses of Electronic Commerce
Business Models and Business Functions
Industrial Applications
EC Use within Government
4 Technical Issues for Electronic Commerce
Telecommunication Infrastructure
Decision Support Systems for EC
Interoperability
Storage and Retrieval of Multimedia Information
Workflow Management
Markup Languages
5 Security for Electronic Commerce
Functions and Requirements
Security Management and Business Controls
User Perceptions and Trust
Security Technologies
The Cryptography Debate
Legal Validity of Digital Signatures
6 Legal Frameworks: Policy & Regulatory Issues for Electronic Commerce
Intellectual Property
Legal Issues for Electronic Payment Systems
Contractual and Legal Settlements
Regulatory Framework for Electronic Commerce
7 Conclusions and Future Directions
Interoperability
Automated Interactions
Information Overload
Mobile Computing
Multimedia Information
Matchmaking Services
Economic, Social, and Cultural Issues
References
Index