E-Commerce Promotion in the New Economy: Interrogating the Missing Links in Nigeria

Abstract This paper analyses threats, vulnerabilities and insecurities attendant to E-commerce in the late modernity. There is a consistent global concern about emerging risks affecting commerce in general and the field of E-business in particular. Primarily, governments, organizations and other institutions pursue reductionist strategies mostly exemplified in risks prevention and contingency planning in managing the myriad of its events but most of these neglect the social welfare issues affecting sizeable portion of the population. This subset are hitherto believed to be capable of expropriating the benefits of E-commerce and driving its successful outcome. Regrettably, the reverse is the case in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is therefore argued that these neglected imperatives carry consequences for economic stability in Nigeria. Consequently, this discourse is situated in the risk model propounded by Ulrich Beck under modernization paradigm. Finally, a pungent advocacy on the need to impress it upon the political leaders to address these basic issues becomes important for economic growth and sustainability in Nigeria and in its global context

CYBER FRAUD, GLOBAL TRADE AND YOUTH CRIME BURDEN: NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE

ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between modern technology and the multiplicity of fraud. Specifically, it argues that the involvements of sizeable Nigerians in crime is not empirically tied to their dispositions and psychopathologies, these attributes are widely believed to be responsible for getting one into trouble with the law, but it rather identifies the socio-economic deterioration mostly prevalent in the Nigeria society as the most explicable factor intensifying the participation of most Nigerian especially youths in cyber fraud. It borrows from the theoretical ideas of Derek Cornish and Ronald Clarke on the contributions of the environment to the incidence and the rising rate of crime globally. The paper finally proffers few pragmatic solutions to the problem of cyber fraud in the e-business environment

An Autoethnography of Becoming a Qualitative Researcher: A Book Review

Autoethnography has been steadily taking its well-deserved place in the field of the qualitative research in the recent years. As more and more doctoral students consider autoethnography as their research method, the approach is still somewhat mysterious. An Autoethnography of Becoming a Qualitative Researcher offers a rare opportunity to look into one novice researcher’s exploration of becoming a Qualitative Researcher. This review provides an overview of the book, which was published in 2022, as well as an evaluation of its strengths and shortcomings and suggestions for potential audience