Worlds of E–Commerce: Economic, Geographical and Social Dimensions

Electronic Commerce is a rapidly expanding field where technology and information are enhancing business practices. New and multiple uses of E–Commerce are appearing regularly and the cultural, social and political ramifications of these developments remain unknown.
This is the first book to be devoted entirely the important and wide–ranging social science dimensions of E–Commerce. It tackles a variety of major economic, geographical, social and political issues from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. In this volume leading international scholars from geography, economics, and public policy address theoretical and conceptual issues, and present case studies on how retailing, job searches, banking and finance, telecommunications, and government regulations are changing with the introduction and diffusion of the Internet and other electronic services.
Worlds of E–Commerce addresses major issues and presents evidence and implications through case studies of the growth of ICT (information and communication technologies). Examples are drawn from the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Russia and the developing world.
This book will appeal to readers from business and the social sciences as well as those enrolled in or teaching courses on information economies, information and communications technologies, economics, marketing, retailing, advertising, communications, technology diffusion, economic and social geography, as well as, cyber–law, banking, electronic auctions and e–tailing, international development and electronic commerce, high tech innovations, and intellectual property.

Spis treści:
List of Contributors.
Preface and Acknowledgements.
Introduction: E–Commerce: Definitions, Dimensions and Constraints (T. Leinbach & S. Brunn).
E–COMMERCE: MEANING, THEORY, AND IMPACTS.
Emergence of the Digital Economy and E–Comm erce (T. Leinbach).
Towards an Economics of the Internet and E–Commerce (K. Button & S. Taylor).
Beyond Transaction Costs: E–Commerce and the Power of the Internet Dataspace (M. Kenney & J. Curry).
Towards a Location Theory of Distributed Computing and E–Commerce (M. Goodchild).
Maybe the Death of Distance, but not the End of Geography: The Internet as a Network (E. Malecki & S. Gorman).
E–COMMERCE IN FIRM, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT.
The Information Society, Japanese Style: Corner Stores as Hubs for E–Commerce Access (Y. Aoyama).
Internet Economies and the Online Recruiting Industry (S. Cobb).
Grounding Global Flows: Constructing an E–Commerce Hub in Singapore (N. Coe & H. Yeung).
Finding the Source of Amazon.com: Examining the Store with the ′Earth′s Biggest Selection′ (M. Dodge).
Electronic Banking and the City System in the Netherlands (M. van Geenhuizen & P. Nijkamp).
Global Electronic Spaces: Singapore′s Role in the Foreign Exchange Market in the Asia–Pacific Region (J. Langdale).
E–COMMERCE: FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND STATE DIMENSIONS.
The Currency of Currency: Speed, Sovereignty, and Electronic Finance (B. Warf & D. Purcell).
Information and Communication Technologies and the Integration of European Derivatives Markets (D. Power).
′Dry Counties′ in Cyberspace: Governance and Enforcement without Geographic Borders (P. Regan).
Dot com Development: Are IT Lines Better than Tractors? (M. Wilson).
Corporate Nations: The Emergence of New Sovereignties (T. Edwards).
References.
Index.

Okładka tylna:
Electronic Commerce is a rapidly expanding field where technology and information are enhancing business practices. New and multiple uses of E–Commerce are appearing regularly and the cultural, social and political ramifications of these developments remain unknown.
This i s the first book to be devoted entirely the important and wide–ranging social science dimensions of E–Commerce. It tackles a variety of major economic, geographical, social and political issues from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. In this volume leading international scholars from geography, economics, and public policy address theoretical and conceptual issues, and present case studies on how retailing, job searches, banking and finance, telecommunications, and government regulations are changing with the introduction and diffusion of the Internet and other electronic services.
Worlds of E–Commerce addresses major issues and presents evidence and implications through case studies of the growth of ICT (information and communication technologies). Examples are drawn from the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Russia and the developing world.
This book will appeal to readers from business and the social sciences as well as those enrolled in or teaching courses on information economies, information and communications technologies, economics, marketing, retailing, advertising, communications, technology diffusion, economic and social geography, as well as, cyber–law, banking, electronic auctions and e–tailing, international development and electronic commerce, high tech innovations, and intellectual property.