webXice: an Infrastructure for Information Commerce on the WWW

Systems for information commerce on the WWW have to support flexible business models if they should be able to cover a wide range of requirements imposed by the different types of information businesses. This leads to non-trivial functional and security requirements both on the provider and consumer side, for which we introduce an architecture and a system implementation, webXice. We focus on the question, how participants with minimal technological requisites, i.e. solely standard Web browsers available, can be technologically enabled to articipate in the information commerce at a system level, while not sacrificing the functionality and security required by an autonomous participant in an information commerce scenario. In particular, we propose an implementation strategy to efficiently support persistent message logging for light-weight clients, that enables clients to collect and manage non-reputiable messages as proofs. We believe that the capability to support minimal system platforms is a necessary precondition for the wide-spread use of any information commerce infrastructure

Examining the impact of Internet electronic commerce on commercial organizations in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is undergoing tremendous change in both infrastructure and economics, which is helping the Internet to flourish in the region. Although growth of electronic commerce (EC) is slow, it is becoming increasingly global. Businesses worldwide are engaging in this commercial evolution. The purpose of this study was to provide consumers and commercial organizations in Saudi Arabia with practical information regarding electronic commerce. It attempted to explore the perspectives of Internet users, information technology (IT) professionals, business owners, and managers of online businesses in Saudi Arabia. Two survey instruments were used to gather data for this study. The first survey instrument consisted of 37 questions and was sent to 80 randomly selected Internet users in Saudi Arabia. A total of 45 (56.25%) questionnaires were returned. The second survey consisted of 21 questions and was sent to 80 randomly selected IT professionals, managers, and business owners. A total of 49 (61.22%) questionnaires were returned. The questionnaire was posted on the Web, http://www. geocities.com/ksaecommerce/ Surveys/default.htm, and e-mails were sent to the study group after the review of the pilot study. Consistent with the statistical analyses discussed in chapter III, analysis of the data was undertaken using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer program. The results of the study indicated that, the awareness, perceptions, and attitudes of the consumers, IT professionals, managers, and business owners\u27 toward shopping on-line depended on such factors as level of security and fraud. There appears to be a positive relationship between the level of security and attitude toward using the Internet for shopping. In addition, the research revealed some barriers related to electronic commerce from the consumer\u27s point of view: Although online transactions are convenient, timely delivery in Saudi Arabia is costly and inefficient. Improvements in Internet and EC technologies will continue to increase productivity, providing that commercial organizations in Saudi Arabia are willing to adapt new business models to capture advances in technology. The major recommendations of this study are as follows: (a) The private sector and universities should take a roles in educating people to benefit from the Internet; (b) financial sector must coordinate with information technology companies to increase customers confidence in electronic commerce; (c) an updated telecommunication infrastructure is needed in Saudi Arabia; and (d) the Saudi government, represented by the Ministry of Commerce and other competent bodies, should be committed to introducing and widely using electronic commerce. At the same time, the government should take necessary procedures to prevent the misuse of electronic commerce

Technology payment cards communication with banking institutions in the field of cashless payment

The aim is now used to describe the infrastructure of payment cards, ATMs, now used to describe the infrastructure of payment systems, mainly the payment cards and NFC technology and secure payment throw the internet. In this article, we examine a new technology application which is coming into its own around the world, in association with the revolution in wireless connectivity. Our findings are intended to guide in dealing with the economic aspects of mobile payments, and to help identify some important directions for the research

e-Artisans: Contemporary Design for the Global Market

The aim of GoGlobal Ghana was to consider whether the creative industries in a developing country could be nurtured through design collaboration and an e-commerce model to contribute significant economic growth through increasing the level of international trade. The project was initiated with three phases planned for execution: a creative studio with design students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London and the Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, an e-commerce process for supply, distribution and marketing; and finally a “hub” location to facilitate project delivery and dissemination to other African regions

Global Trade Impacts: Addressing the Health, Social and Environmental Consequences of Moving International Freight Through Our Communities

Examines freight transportation industry trends; the impact of global trade on workers, the environment, and health in both exporting and importing countries; and organizing strategies and policy innovations for minimizing the damage and ensuring health

Internet economics and policy: An Australian perspective

Publicly available information indicates that the demand and supply of Internet and Internet-related services are continuing to expand at a rapid pace. Since 1997 the number of Internet service providers (facilities-based and resellers) has increased by nearly 40 per cent; the number of points-of-presence per Internet service provider has increased by five times; the number of hosts connected to the Internet has more than quadrupled; and Internet traffic has increased from six to 10 times. The emergence of electronic commerce (e-commerce), driven by this rapid adoption of Internet services and continual technological innovation, is likely to have profound economic and social impacts on Australian society. This paper provides a detailed analysis of the impact of the Internet and e-commerce, ranging from the changes in the market structure of the telecommunications industry, its role in changing the organisation of traditional markets, the emergence of new markets, and the structural shifts to employment, productivity and trade. The paper also analyses contemporary Australian regulatory responses. IIe-commerce; internet economics

Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Minnesota

President obama announced a national climate plan in June 2013 and directed the U.S. Environmental Protection agency (EPa) to set carbon pollution standards for the power sector. once EPa establishes those standards, states will implement their own plans for achieving those reductions. In this fact sheet, WRI examines existing tools Minnesota can use to reduce power plant emissions

Pajak E-Commerce, Pemecahan dan Solusinya

Electronic or e-trade trading (English: Electronic Commerce, also e-commerce) is a spread, purchase, sales, marketing goods and services through an electronic system such as internet or television, www, or other computer networks. Ecommerce can involve electronic fund transfers, electronic data exchange, auto inventory management systems, and automatic data collection systems. The Information Technology industry sees this e-commerce activity as the application and application of e-business (e-business) related to commercial transactions, such as: electronic fund transfer, SCM (E-Marketing), e-marketing), online marketing, online transaction processing (online transaction processing), electronic data interchange / edi), etc.E-commerce is part of e-business, where e-business coverage is wider, not just a commerce but includes also co-entrance business partners, customer service, job vacancies etc. Seeing very fast developments of the e-commerce growth in the world including in Indonesia, it is necessary an effective strategy for the tax authority in the reacting. One of the things that need to be concern is this very rapid growth should be maintained so that there is no distortion as a result of taxation policy. During this time, the tax aspect in e-commerce has been the highlight of tax authorities in the world, especially whether there should be a new tax impression on this transaction and also how to align the existing tax rules with e-commerce development.Transactions through digital media or e-commerce in Indonesia need rebuilding from the side of the legislation (Cyberlaw) so that in the future do not miss the dispute in it runs. This happens because the difficulty of tracking the transactions used through the e-commerece is either B-to-B (business to business) or B-to-C (business to consumers). For example the relationship between the supplier with the factory, how the apparatus is to oversee the existence of transactions or not between the two through the e-commerce the solution of solving the problem is the government must take steps in solving the unstable internet infrastructure issues and frequent reliable transportation, the licensing procedure of customs to dedicate to the duty procedure from dawn to the negative trade for the other value to increase the efficacy to make the rules for the epimal services that are still under the regulations of the same bank as well as the public of the transactions of online transactions, plan and conduct the introduction of certification systems, a number of large players should be able to open the way of foreign investment, including doing some major plans for foreign investors, of course with clear regulations and the government must provide ease of rules for small and medium business to gain access to investors, and giving taxes to the company in the new company