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Getting good advice for e-commerce
The advent of the Internet and all the promise
it heralded for e-commerce success has
floundered into a trickle of companies who
utilise websites for commercial reasons. The
deluge of e-commerce activity expect just didn't
happen, mostly because few European businesses
had successful e-commerce advisors at hand to
help.
Electronic Trading
In its third report on electronic trade and
development the UN conference on trade and
development has identified the implications of
the growth in the digital economy for developing
countries.
11 - 13 September 2003
Workshop: "Firms and Consumers facing
E-Commerce, Strategies to Increase IT Adoption
and Usage"
Rimini, Italy
Email:
szappala@scform.unibo.it
17 - 19 September 2003
International Congress on Trustmarks in
e-Commerce
Foires Internationales de Luxembourg
Email:
info@e-trustmarks.lu
How e-shopping buys time
When time is money, finding a day to go to the
supermarket may not always be an easy thing to
do. Household chores, family obligations or long
office hours may put the shopping on hold or
reduce it to a stressful corridor race few
minutes before closing hours. A new software
application mix of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) and wireless network
communication techniques enables customers to
instantly choose, buy and pay for their goods
whether at home, in the shop or on the move.
E-commerce security - no longer a house of cards
Security and protection are of primary
importance for business activities performed via
Internet. The BEE project (Business Environment
of biometrics involved in Electronic
commerce) provides a concrete solution for the
security needs of sensitive e-commerce
applications, such as e-banking, e-government
and e-health applications.
EE - Online shopping in the new EU countries
A deeper understanding of local cultures is
important in exploring the possibilities for
e-commerce in the new Europe. For example,
online shopping in Cyprus fails to appeal to
those who like haggling.
EU - CONFIDENCE IN ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS
The Internal Market Directorate General has
announced a conference entitled "Payments and
Confidence" How to boost security and fight risk
to be held in Brussels, on September 16 2003.
Consumer protection and redress in e-payments:
issues, policies and technologies
Title Original Lang. : Protection et recours des
consommateurs en cas de paiement électronique
Author(s) : CHAWDRY P;WILIKENS M
European Commission, Joint Research Centre,
Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
(IPTS) , Seville (ES)
Bibliographic Reference : An article published
in: IPTS Report, No. 63, (April 2002) ,
pp.38-44; This article can be accessed online by
subscribers, and can be ordered online by
non-subscribers, at:
http://www.jrc.es/pages/f-report.en.html
Abstract : Consumers' e-confidence, as a factor
in achieving growth in cross-border B2C
transactions, is now a major challenge for the
Single Market, where jurisdiction and applicable
law are often unclear and the use of legal
instruments is not practical for resolving
low-value disputes. Trustworthy e-payment
mechanisms can play a vital role in raising
trust and confidence in e-commerce.
Country-of-origin rules determining jurisdiction
for intra-EU trade may force consumers to seek
redress in a foreign country. A European
cross-border redress framework would facilitate
such redress by including trustworthy e-payment
mechanisms, third-party trust-seals and
alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
mechanisms. European-wide self-regulatory codes
of conduct and cooperation between the national
ombudsmen could promote e-confidence.
Publication Year : 2002 |
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