Digital economy : impacts, influences, and challenges / Harbhajan S. Kehal, Varinder P. Singh [editors].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kehal, Harbhajan S., 1942-

Singh, Varinder P., 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Information technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Electronic commerce.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 395 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., [2005]

Contents:

Chapter I Socio-Economic Impacts and Influences of E-Commerce in a Digital Economy / Sushil K. Sharma 1

Chapter II Re-Intermediation and Deferment through E-Commerce: Neo-Austrian Interpretation of Capital and Time / Parthasarathi Banerjee 21

Chapter III Risk and Investment in the Global Telecommunications Industry / Irene Henriques, Perry Sadorsky 39

Chapter IV Reduction of Transaction Costs by Using Electronic Commerce in Financial Services: An Institutional and Empirical Approach / Thomas Pfahler, Kai M. Grebe 62

Chapter V The Spreading Use of Digital Cash and Its Problems / Yutaka Kurihara 84

Chapter VI Electronic Signature: The Core Legislation Category in Digital Economy / Fjodor Ruzic 98

Chapter VII Impacts of the Digital Economy: The Shift to Consumer-Driven Competition and Life-Span Products / Simon Mowatt 136

Chapter VIII Digital Products on the Web: Pricing Issues and Revenue Models / Gary P. Schneider 154

Chapter IX On Software Piracy / Sougata Poddar 175

Chapter X An E-Classification of the World's Capital Cities: URL References to Web Sites / Stanley D. Brunn 200

Chapter XI Online Services and Regional Web Portals: Exploring the Social and Economic Impacts / Helen Thompson 217

Chapter XII ICT Growth and Diffusion: Concepts, Impacts and Policy Issues in the Indian Experience with Reference to the International Digital Divide / Saundarjya Borbora 236

Chapter XIII Digital Technologies and the Cross-Border Expansion of South African Banks / Joanne Roberts, Chipo Mukonoweshuro 252

Chapter XIV Technology and Culture: E-Commerce in China / Alev M. Efendioglu, Vincent F. Yip 273

Chapter XV Internet Economy of the Online Game Business in South Korea: The Case of NCsoft's Lineage / Kyonghwan Park 286

Chapter XVI Opportunities and Challenges of the New Economy for East Asia / Donghyun Park 313

Chapter XVII Digital Engineering Campus: Economics, Acceptance, and Impact / Milind J. Mahajan, Sunil S. Umrani, Narendra S. Chaudhari 344

Chapter XVIII Corporate Strategies in a Digital World: Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management

Development and Integration-Focus / Purva Kansal, Keshni Anand Arora 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591403634

1591403642

1591403650

OCLC:

54487635