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Electronic Commerce Comes to the ‘Net’

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The Internet and Beyond

Part of the book series: BT Telecommunications Series ((BTTS,volume 15))

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What is electronic commerce (EC)? Depending on whom you ask, it may mean using a credit card to buy something from a World Wide Web (Web) site. Another person may say that EC is electronic data interchange (EDI). A third person may say that EC supports all aspects of business trading, including the sending and receiving of electronically signed documents.

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  1. J. A. Edelheit
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  2. M. R. Miller
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Edelheit, J.A., Miller, M.R. (1998). Electronic Commerce Comes to the ‘Net’. In: Sim, S., Davies, J. (eds) The Internet and Beyond. BT Telecommunications Series, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4918-1_2

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