Legal Implications of E-Commerce: Basic Issues, Initiatives and Experiences in Asia

This paper gives a short overview on the major issues that have to be taken into account when formulating e-commerce-related laws and regulations and introduces two model laws relating to e-commerce and e-signatures which were created by the United Nations Commission of International trade Law. The paper has a closer look at e-commerce developments in Asia and the Pacific and gives an overview of the state of implementation of e-commerce laws. In conclusion, it discusses the e-ASEAN Reference Framework for electronic commerce legal infrastructure as example of a regional initiative to harmonize the legal basis for e-commerce.legal infrastructure, e-commerce laws, Asia, e-signature, e-ASEAN Reference Framework

Migration control for mobile agents based on passport and visa

Research on mobile agents has attracted much attention as this paradigm has demonstrated great potential for the next-generation e-commerce. Proper solutions to security-related problems become key factors in the successful deployment of mobile agents in e-commerce systems. We propose the use of passport and visa (P/V) for securing mobile agent migration across communities based on the SAFER e-commerce framework. P/V not only serves as up-to-date digital credentials for agent-host authentication, but also provides effective security mechanisms for online communities to control mobile agent migration. Protection for mobile agents, network hosts, and online communities is enhanced using P/V. We discuss the design issues in details and evaluate the implementation of the proposed system

A Transferable Process Model for E-commerce in SMEs

Purpose: The overall objective to this study was the creation of a transferable strategic process model, designed to aid the implementation of e-commerce within UK SMEs. The proposed model seeks to identify and clarify the stages an SME should undertake in order to implement e-commerce more effectively and successfully within its business activities. It is further envisaged that the proposed model will allow the SME to take full advantage of the benefits to e-commerce whilst attempting to minimise or overcome the identified barriers to implementation. Design/Methodology/Approach: A total of 93 postal surveys returned from sample 500 firms; firms selected from Sunday Times Enterprise Network Business Directory and the British Chambers of Commerce Directory. In addition, 22 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted across the UK from this sample examining detailed strategic and implementation issues. Fifty respondents also replied commenting on the strategic process model developed from the research, with a significant majority identifying appropriateness and ease of use. Findings: The responses were selected into two categories; “successful” and “unsuccessful”, based upon a series of strategic e-commerce criteria. Reasons for using e-commerce in the interviews were split between; innovation, natural progression, competitive pressure, the exploitation of opportunity and to a lesser extent; customer service, natural fit and differentiation. Barriers to and benefits of implementation are examined in detail for each interviewee identifying prior research, considering future expansion, considering full integration and the need for thorough planning as key factors in the implementation process. Issues following implementation were also considered as part of the model development process. Implications: The development of a detailed transferable strategic process model for e-commerce implementation amongst SMEs. The model consists of nine phases, with clear and detailed advice for the SME in terms of knowledge acquisition, identification of purpose, competitor analysis, e-commerce strategy formulation, technical delivery, promotional strategy, launch and ongoing development and analysis. Originality/Value: The creation of a transferable strategic process model for e-commerce adoption amongst SMEs, evaluated by SMEs. The transferability analysis conducted here can be considered an indicator as regards the effective use of the model by other small firms within the UK. Key Words: SME, e-commerce, adoption, transferability, process, mode

A Framework for M-Commerce Implementation in Nigeria

The Internet has brought about the concept of grobalilation, which has revolutionized the way business is transacted all over the world. The E-comnterce is of particular interest, though widely used but still has some security challenges in terms of transparency and confidentiality of transactiorts. This papei focuses on M-contnrcrce as an extensiott to E-commerce hnplementatiott with the Bankiltg industry proposed as core implementation consideration in ortler to guarantee high level security. We have reviewed some cqses of onlilrc frauds and eliscussed tlte emerging critical issues afficting software development of M-cornmerce applicatiotts. Afranrcworkfor M-commerce implementationis therefore,proposed for countries such as Nigeria, Romania and Indonesia where cases of online scam are alanning

E-Commerce Platform Design for Producer and Consumer Connection

This article describes the importance of the establishment of a “producers and consumers connection (referred to as P-C connection ) electronic commerce (e-commerce) platform. I will discuss the design and implementation issues for such platform, and finally propose paradigms for its success running

GoGlobal Rural-Urban

This is a book of edited articles and design projects from five years of collaborative international design projects in developed and developing economies, including China, Thailand, Ghana and Japan. Part One contains articles on initiatives including e-commerce models for developing economies, massclusivity and craft design. Part Two is dedicated to design solutions for China’s rural-urban migration issues, which affect 55 million people a year. The project enhances knowledge about the application of design thinking to national-level issues connecting policy to implementation, extending design activity into large-scale social and economic areas. The book follows an exhibition of design outcomes in London and Beijing (2010). Hall developed his chapter (‘Go Global: Ghana’) from a conference paper given at the ‘International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference’, South Korea (2009) and further expanded as a book chapter (with Barker) entitled ‘e-Artisans: Contemporary design for the global market’ in Global Design History (2011). ‘eArtisans’ researched a proposed e-commerce model linking designer-craftsmen with a global Internet sale and distribution model for African countries. The originality lay in proposing and testing knowledge, through design collaborations, in a combination of e-commerce enterprise models; it was significant in deploying the proposed model in an experimental educational initiative. The research was based on previous experience of design, craft and enterprise projects in Thailand and China, and aligned with a creative economies report by UNESCO (2008). The context was a collaboration at the KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, where action-based research methods resulted in a case study illustrating cultural transfer. Support and partnership were also provided by Aid To Artisans, the British Council and Africa 53. A vital aspect was the discovery of how an e-commerce model changed design concepts and creative proposals. The GoGlobal project has continued with an edited publication, Designing Social City Experiences (Jin Nam and Hall 2013)

M-Commerce Implementation in Nigeria: Trends and Issues

Nigeria was described as the fastest growing telecoms nation in Africa and the third in the World. The country had experienced a phenomenal growth from a teledensity of 0.49 in 2000 to 25.22 in 2007. This trend has brought about a monumental development in the major sectors of the economy, such as banking, telecoms and commerce in general. This paper presents the level of adoption of ICT in the banking sector and investigates the prospects of m-Commerce in Nigeria based on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. Findings revealed that all banks in Nigeria offer e-Banking services and about 52% of the offer some forms of m-Banking services. The banks and the telecoms operators have enormous potentials and opportunities for m-Commerce but the level of patronage, quality of cell phones, lack of basic infrastructure and security issues pose a major threat to its wide scale implementation

Systems Issues in E-Commerce

This paper profiles critical systems issues in deriving value from e-commerce initiatives.  With the help of several organizational processes and functions, opportunities for accounting are identified to reduce the impending failure rate as companies experiment and adapt to the new business model.  Organizations should adopt a holistic approach to address systems design, implementation and control issues.  The planning and execution of e-commerce activity should focus on glitch free front-end portals that are followed up with tight back-end data integrity across various nodes of the value chain.

Bringing E-Government into the Classroom: A Case of E-Commerce Education

The paper discusses a novel educational initiative in e-commerce pedagogy where students work on an e-government project. The paper describes a two-semester joint e-government project conducted by the town of Amherst, NY, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. During the first semester, students in a graduate e-commerce course in the School of Management were instructed to identify and analyze management issues valuable for small or middle size local government. In the second semester graduate students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering designed and implemented prototypes of three e-government portals: an on-line action site for governmental procurement (E-Procurement), a portal for reservation of community recreation facilities (E-Recreation), and a portal for online dog registration (E-DogRegistration) combining a central registry of dog owners with distributed veterinarian databases. The objective of this initiative is twofold. First, it saves the local government resources by eliminating duplication of services and by using students as developers. Second, it provides students with real life hands-on experience. The paper discusses both the technical issues involved in the implementation of the project, and the management issues that need to be taken into account to enhance the e-commerce experience for the ordinary citizen and local governments