Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………2 History of E-commerce……………………………………………………..4 Economic Impact……………………………………………………………5 Advantages of E-commerce…………………………………………………5 Disadvantages of E-commerce……………………………………………...7 The Future of E-commerce………………………………………………….9 Summary…………………………………………………………………...11 References………………………………………………………………….12 Electronic Commerce Electronic commerce, or e-commerce has developed very rapidly in the last few years and has left some people wondering what it is all about. "Most people think e-commerce is just about buying and selling things over the Internet" (Wareham, 2000). E-commerce is a broad term describing the electronic exchange of business data between two or more organizations' computers. Some examples might be the electronic filing of your income tax return, on-line services like Prodigy, on-line banking and on-line billing for services or products received. E-com...
