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E-Commerce

"Improving the Quality of Life and Business Through Technical Innovation." 

Electronic Commerce or e-commerce covers the range of online business activities for products and services, both business-to-business and business-to-consumer, through the internet.

"I'm very optimistic about our position in the world and about information technology's influence on the United States........

We are concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term, I'm optimistic."

George W. Bush
Meeting with High-Tech Business Executives.
Austin,TX - January 4, 2001.

 

BASIC DOCUMENTS

E-Commerce and Development Report 2004
December 15, 2004

Digital Dispersion: An Industrial and Geographic Census of Commercial Internet Use 
October, 2002 

The Davids of E-Commerce 
Businessweek, April 23, 2001

Who's Afraid of E-Commerce.
E-Commerce Times, April 12, 2001

The Effects of Business-to-Business E-Commerce on Transaction Costs 
November, 2000

Transatlantic Issues in Electronic Commerce
October, 2000  

Governance and Politics of the Internet Economy--Historical Transformation or Ordinary Politics with a New Vocabulary? 
John Zysman and Steven Weber.
Economy Project Working Paper #16, May 2000.
"Driven by two fundamental processes, rapid technological change as well as social innovation and reorganization, a new digital economy, the E-conomy, is emerging. Rather than merely adding an Internet sector to the economy, the E-conomy has brought about tools for thought, tools that transform every sector of the economy by amplifying brainpower the way steam engines amplified muscle power during the Industrial Revolution. 

 

U.S. POLICY STATEMENTS

The Digital Trade Agenda of the US: Parallel Tracks of Bilateral, Regional, and Multilateral Liberalization

E-Commerce and Business Method Patents: An Old Debate for a New Economy
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 
October 24, 2000

 

LEGISLATION

OMB Guidance Implementing the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
September 25, 2000

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
This Act clarifies the legal validity of electronic contracts, signatures, notices, and other records, and allows contracting parties to choose the technology for authenticating their transactions without government intervention.

 

REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS

Framework for Global Electronic Commerce 

Entering the 21st Century:
Competition Policy in the World of B2B Electronic Marketplaces
Federal Trade Commission.
October, 2000

Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace: Looking Ahead
U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
September 6, 2000 

Measuring the Digital Economy
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
2000
The paper discuss our measurement framework and associated definitions our measurement strategy the ambitious measurement program now underway initial results and future plans requiring additional funding.

Measuring the Electronic Economy
Current Status and Next Steps.
U.S. Bureau of the Census.
June, 2000
The recent growth of consumer retailing over the internet draws attention to the electronic economy. However, business also conduct other business process over computer networks and many have been doing so for some time.

Electronic Commerce: An Introduction
Glenn J. McLoughlin
CRS Report.
Updated June 27, 2000
Electronic commercial transactions over the Internet, or e-commerce,. have grown so fast over the last five years that many experts continue to underestimate its growth and development. This report will be updated periodically.

Electronic Commerce: Selling Internationally.
A Guide for Business
Federal Trade Commission.
March, 2000
Thinking about doing business online, or expanding your outreach on the web? Consumers around the world are increasingly turning to their computers to buy a wide array of goods and services. 

Electronic Commerce In Developing Countries
Issues for Domestic Policy and WTO Negotiations
Catherine L. Mann.
March, 2000
Institute for International Economics

The Role of Government in E-commerce
By Mark R. Stefanic.
February 22, 2000
There are many irregularities in today’s e-commerce  marketplace. This high level of transactional problems is alarming, but it is not surprising, given the relatively immature e-commerce market.                         

U.S.-EU Summit Statement on E-Commerce, Alternative Dispute Resolution 
Washington, DC.
December 18, 2000. 
In a statement issued December 18 following the U.S.-European Union Summit in Washington, the United States and the EU reaffirmed their support for the development of measures to boost consumer confidence in electronic commerce (e-commerce) and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The statement also pledged support for ADR mechanisms for resolving consumer issues related to Internet commerce.

Electronic Commerce in the WTO
WTO General Council
September 25, 1998.  
WTO members are exploring how electronic commerce should be dealt with in the context of the Uruguay Round Agreements and the WTO.

 

BOOKS

(The following books are available at The American Information Resorce Center / IRC)

The E-commerce question and answer book.
Anita Rosen,
New York, NY  2000

Global electronic commerce : a policy premier.
Catherine L. Mann, Sue E. Eckert, Sarah C. Knight.
Washington, DC  2000

Intellectual property in the global marketplace.
Melvin Simensky, ed., Lanning G. Bryer, ed.
Neil J. Wilkof, ed.
New York, NY 1999

The International handbook of electronic commerce.
Jae K. Shim, Anique A. Qureshi, Joel G. Siegel.
Chicago, IL  2000

 

E- JOURNALS

Internationalization of E-Commerce
An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State
Economic Perspectives. Vol.5, No.2, May 2000. 

 

CONFERENCES

Special Interest Group on Electronic Commerce                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

NEWS

E-Commerce -  What's New / Yahoo Website Services 

Programme and Presentations for the Seminar on Revenue Implications of E-Commerce.
WTO Committee on Trade and Development. April 22, 2002

 

LINKS

Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Provides recommendations on electronic commerce and tax policy. 

Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property/ WIPO    

Electronic Commerce for Developing Countries
Under the EC-DC project, participating countries can benefit from first-class security, trust, and services for e-business transactions under affordable conditions by pooling and sharing available resources.

Electronic Commerce: Legal Issues.
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Electronic Commerce/ OECD Online                                                

EU-China Cooperation Forum on Information Society 2002
China World Trade Center - Beijing
16-20 April 2002

Global E-Commerce Law

Government Statistics
E-Commerce and the Electronic Economy.

International Journal of Electronic Commerce  

Law and Electronic Commerce
European Commission - Information Society Directorate-General

Legal Internet Guide: Electronic Commerce Center 
Information on legal and regulatory issues regarding electronic commerce.

OECD - Electronic Commerce

U.S. Census Bureau E-Stats

U.S. Department of Commerce/ E-Commerce

Yahoo Directory/ Electronic Commerce   

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Last  updated on November 17, 2005.