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since the evidence for direct maritime trade between the sassanid empire and china is exiguous, it has often been asserted that there was no direct sea commerce between these two countries. scholars claim that there is nothing to prove direct chinese sailings to iran before islam and say that direct sea commerce between them was occurred during early islamic period. based on the historical, arc...

This paper looks into the concepts of electronic commerce (e-commerce) through the utilization of the Internet technologies. The study introduces the concept in finding a contextual diagram and talks further about the evolution of e-commerce. Thereafter, it develops a framework after deducting through various business models using an exploratory review. However, the main thrust of the paper is ...

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has become an increasingly important initiative among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as both a great opportunity and as a source of competition. The factors affecting adoption decisions of e-commerce by SMEs have been well documented, but there is a paucity of empirical studies that examine the adoption of e-commerce in the Arab world. The aim of this chapt...

The paradigm shift to e-commerce in business transactions provides significant advantages such as expanding markets, improving customer services, reducing costs, and enhancing productivity. The global phenomenon is less aggressive in developing economies where small and medium enterprises struggle to provide internet services at their own expense due to limited government support and infrastruc...

Despite continued worldwide chaos brought about by challenged economies and global terrorist actions, e-commerce continues to grow in import for all regions of the world. B2B sales were approaching 1US trillion worldwide by year-end. Worldwide holiday sales were expected to double from 2001, with Europe sales overtaking those in the US. B2C sales, while expanding, were challenged and may near 0...

Cross-border e-commerce has been rapidly expanding. However, little research has been done to investigate how consumers decide to shop across national borders. This study aims to explore the factors that impact consumers’ intention to shop on foreign websites. A conceptual model is developed from the perspectives of consumer perceived trust and value. We also examine the effects of vendors’ sig...

Research and commerce activity has been expanding the potential of micro-task markets. Initially used for simple, disconnected tasks, they have now been able to achieve impressive results in creative domains such as writing and design. The goals for this research are to further explore the possibilities of micro-task markets for performing creative work by defining a set of tasks and processes ...