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Trust in e-Commerce: New Perspectives

Researchers in the fields of management, information systems, organizational psychology, marketing, and social science are showing an increasing awareness of how trust contributes towards the success of many types of virtual environments. In fact, it has been contended that the influence of trust on interactions is even more crucial in global electronic commerce than in the physical marketplace as by its very nature electronic commerce environments inhibit the development of trust. Consequently, academics, vendors, government bodies, and consumer groups desire to understand the factors that influence the development of consumer trust in electronic commerce, as such understanding can contribute substantially towards the success of the online environment. more...

Internet Banking: Theoretical & Strategic Perspective

The banking sector occupies a critical position in the global economy. In the recent years a fundamental force for change in the financial services sector is information technology (IT), which is breaching geographical, industrial, and regulatory barriers, creating new products, services, market opportunities, and developing more information and system oriented business and management processes. Coupled with innovative business thinking, technology is rapidly changing the way personal financial services are designed and delivered. The famous quote by Bill Gates that banking is vital to a healthy economy but banks themselves are not, highlights the crucial nature of the electronic forces that are affecting the banks more than any other sector. The question arises as to whether this sector will be able to take advantage of new significant opportunities resulting from these developments, or whether it will have to struggle to maintain its current principal role in the economy? more...

e-business Impact on Supply Chain and Business Process: Analysis and Best Practice

The phenomenal growth of the Internet has lead businesses around the globe to believe in the promise of utilizing the Internet to manage their supply chains and to facilitate procurement processes. Electronic supply chain, or e-supply chain, is the utilization of electronic means and information technology, specifically the Internet, to bring together widely dispersed buyers and suppliers, to improve coordination, and to manage upstream and downstream channels. E-business allow companies to move toward real-time operation by sharing information and interlacing processes with trading partners more...

Advancing @ the Speed of Technology:E-Business Strategies for Modern Corporations

The Internet promises unprecedented opportunities for businesses. Given the intense competition in the business world, the effective coordination and efficient maintenance of information exchange take on increased importance. Most organizations have implemented several strategies to improve effectiveness and enhance efficiencies through the utilization of IT. However, E-business application has given companies new means to can expand their markets and attract and retain more customers while providing better customer service in an enhanced coordination organizational environment. more...