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Executives remain hopeful, despite recent turmoil in the e-commerce business environment, that the internet will fulfil their expectations and become a source of competitive advantage. The authors of this article provide a historical review of the first decade of e-commerce and its business models. The authors provide a historical foundation so that future research will not duplicate what has a...

Internet (or online) communities gain more and more significance in the life of many people who do not have enough time or the opportunity to share their interests with people having the same interests in the real world. The term ”virtual community” or ”online community” was introduced by Howard Rheingold [5] already 1993. At this time communities still often were formed by only a small number ...

Distance Education sometimes suffers from the problem that the environment is powerful, but also complicated to learn and to use. This detracts from the learning process and poses and initial barrier against widespread acceptance. Also, creating teaching material (and holding courses) is more difficult and timeconsuming than in conventional form because of new possibilities and additional user ...

This paper revisits Jane Pilcher’s (1994) seminal chapter ‘Who should do the dishes? Three generations of Welsh women talking about men and housework’. Two decades on from the original study, the paper explores this question in contemporary south Wales by drawing upon data generated in a study of mothers and daughters residing in a Welsh, marginalized, urban housing area. The paper argues that ...

JavaScript programs are always under the threat of being copied. Most browsers provide the way to access the code of JavaScript program so it is easily obtainable. Hence it is mandatory to protect the software. Watermarking and code obfuscation are the techniques used to safeguard the software. A Watermark cannot completely protect the code by getting stolen because a potential attacker can eas...