John Wiley & Sons, Limited
2001

Electronic commerce is a 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 ramications fo these developments are still unknown.

This is the first book to be devoted entirely to the important and wide ranging social science dimensions of e-commerce. It tackles a variety of major economic, geographical, social and political issues of the field from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. In this book a leading group of international scholars from gegraphy, economics, and public policy address theoretical and conceptual issues, and present case studies on how retailing, job searches, banking and finance, telecommunications, and government relations are changing with the introduction and diffusion of the Internet and various electronic services.

Worlds of E-Commerce addresses major issues and presents evidence 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 related specifically to information economies, information and communcations technologies, economics, marketing, retailing, advertising, communications, technology diffusion, geographies of electronic commerce, as well as, cyber-law, banking, electronic auctions and shopping, international development and electronic commerce, high tech innovations and intellectual property.