PayPal in Romania

The present paper refers to the usefulness of online payment through PayPal and to the development of this payment manner in Romania. PayPal is an example of a payment intermediary service that facilitates worldwide e-commerce.Comment: 8 pages, exposed on 5th International Conference "Actualities and Perspectives on Hardware and Software" - APHS2009, Timisoara, Romani

SOME LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS RELATED TO POSSIBLE INTERNET’S THREATS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY

Once an individual uses the modern means of payment, the credit cards, he must be aware of the possible issue that might come out. Even more, when using these “plastic money” in the online environment provided by the omnipresent world wide web one must be aware that there are enough risk involved. The commodity and easy that came with the use of the credit card also brought us new threats, new ways in which our privacy and property might be affected.Internet, privacy, property, cybercrime, credit card frauds

INTEGRATED TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Because the changes in technology, especially in the Internet area are more and more striking, it is necessary for us to keep up with this changes. That is why many of us are now aware of the importance of the Internet and are using it almost everyday. In tourism the changes are perceived especially in the modifications observed in traveller’s behavior. Today’s travellers are more fastidious in choosing their destinations. This is why they are testing the market much more than they used to do before and are looking for precise information about the prices,the offers and the events in a specific area. The online market provides this information, but it is not enough to have the information, also is ought to have the power to sell it. This site aims first to serve and than to delight the actual and potential tourists who are willing to travel and visit Romania,using a website which respects the best programming methods for this type of commercial activityes.tourism

Transferring Trust, Risk and Security on Users’ Intention to Trade Cryptocurrency, Using PayPal as an Example

As one of the largest digital payment providers, PayPal has integrated the possibility to use cryptocurrency as a payment method and to buy cryptocurrency via the platform. Building on the considerations of trust-transfer theory and extending this model adding the trust-related attributes perceived risk and security, this paper therefore examines to what extent these attributes can be transferred from the payment service provider PayPal to cryptocurrency. In a second step, based on this transfer of attributes, the intention to use cryptocurrencies via PayPal will be examined, as well as the general intention to use cryptocurrencies. By conducting an online survey (N=398), a significant effect of the transfer of the examined attributes from PayPal to cryptocurrency if handled by PayPal was found. Furthermore, in the second step of the data analysis, significant effects for the attributes of cryptocurrency if handled by PayPal on the intention to use were found

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS MOVING TOWARDS A UNIFIED COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM IN IT. SAAS MAY BE THE NEW ORIENTATION.

In this paper we will present an alternative way of programming. Our opinion is that, in the next few years, software development business will suffer serious changes. Software vendors will adopt SaaS (Software as a Service) as the new way of selling their products. We will try to guide you through the basic concepts of this relatively new domain. The article also includes a brief description of an application, developed indoor but using SaaS applications for some of its modules. In the end we want to make an SWOT analysis of the opportunity of using SaaS.Software as a service (SaaS), informatics, business, vendors, new technology.

A perspective on the new types of money as the organization's answer to the challenges of the globalization

The globalization of the economic activity is profoundly changing long established concepts, customs and ways of doing business all around the globe. One of those concepts is the currency. The globalization and the Internet, really two facets of the same phenomenon, people hugely removed in every way, can meet in the marketplace to exchange their wares. Which money should they use? Is the government issued currency fit for all the exchange purposes? This article will attempt to paint one more way in which the large corporations can act more like national governments.alternative money; globalization; Government's policy; new fiat currencies

How digital influences how we shop around the world

This report analyses how shoppers use online connected devices (computers, mobile phones and tablets) to aid or even complete their household grocery shopping. One-third of the world’s population is online, an increase of 528 percent over the past 10 years*. While Internet penetration rates vary by geographic region; North America (79%), Australia/Oceania (68%), Europe (61%), Latin America (40%), Middle East (36%), Asia (26%) and Africa (14%), they continue to climb steadily—especially in the developing countries of the world. Connected devices, such as computers, mobile phones and tablets have become a way of life for many, but shoppers are digitally engaged to varying degrees depending on the products they buy. While e-commerce activity for some consumer-packaged goods (CPG) products—especially perishable categories where freshness counts—may not be as transformative as other non-CPG industries such as books, music and travel, online grocery purchasing power is growing. Digital’s influence on grocery shopping is on the rise Online shopping intentions for food and beverage categories increased 44% in two years: 6-in-10 global respondents used the Internet for grocery shopping research Nearly half (49%)of respondents purchased a product online Globally, 46% used social media to help make purchase decisions 37% purchased from online-only stores most frequently But what types of online activities do consumers engage in most? How much time is spent on these activities? What are future spending intentions, which websites are preferred, and what payment methods are favored? New findings from a Nielsen online survey of respondents from 56 countries around the world provide insight into digital influences on grocery shopping behavior. This report offers considerations for marketers and guiding principles to help build successful online strategies

THE CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF MOBILE AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS IN BULGARIA

Present – day mobile and electronic payment systems, like all innovative solutions, do their best to meet the requirements of the business by being in line with its technological capacity. Online payments have a number of benefits not only for the banks and institutions that implement them but also for the clients and sales companies that use them to do their business. The purpose of the article is to outline the features of mobile and electronic payment systems that permit them to be one of the most promising and rapidly developing means of payment in Bulgaria. The study will also analyse their strengths and weaknesses and will clearly define the opportunities and threats of their application. This will be accomplished by taking into account the current political and social conditions in Bulgaria

Supply chain management and the Romanian transition

The purpose of this paper is to perform a systemic analysis of the Supply Chain Management, and to show what are the essential aspects of such a complex process. Actually, it is an integral perspective of intra- and interorganizational management activities aiming at the optimization of all important tangible and intangible fluxes and forces acting in a multifield framework. In the same time, we are looking at the Romanian transition and show how such a new perspective can be applied to the business environment. The analysis is challenging, since Romania is in a deep change process from a centrally planned economy toward a free market economy.management, supply chain management, system analysis, transition economy.