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This chapter is about electronic commerce (e-commerce). The chapter begins with the explanation of the nature of e-commerce, where are represented some definitions of e-commerce, differences between e-commerce and traditional commerce, pure and partially e-commerce. In other sections are discussed the basic types of e-commerce, benefits from e-commerce and barriers of e-commerce implementation.
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Hisrich, R.D., Ramadani, V. (2017). E-commerce Challenges and Entrepreneurial Manager. In: Effective Entrepreneurial Management. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50467-4_9
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