Worlds of E-Commerce
Economic, Geographical and Social Dimensions
THOMAS R. LEINBACH and STANLEY D. BRUNN, both of the University
of Kentucky, USA
Worlds of Electronic Commerce attempts to capture the enormous
international impact of the recent explosion in information and
communication technologies. It stands alone as the first book
to tackle the major economic, social, and political issues that
electronic commerce raises from interdisciplinary and international
perspectives.
Including contributions from leading international scholars
from geography, economics, and public policy, it addresses theoretical
and conceptual issues and presents case studies on how retailing,
job searches, banking and finance, telecommunications, and government
regulation are changing with the introduction and diffusion of
the Internet and various electronic services. References to rapid
developments in these fields are drawn from the United States,
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Russia,
and the developing world. The implications of these developments
on consumer behaviour, existing and new firms, regulatory agencies,
and interstate economic development are also discussed.
In summary, the book presents an excellent background for
those wanting scholarly treatments of (a) the background of e-commerce,
(b) the growing importance of Information and Communication Technologies,
and (c) case studies related to specific services making use
of e-commerce.
READERSHIP: Academics and Students in Information Economies,
Information and Communications Technologies, Economics, Marketing,
Retailing, Advertising, Communications, Technology Diffusion,
Geography Dealing with Electronic Commerce
0471-49455-0 January 2001 392pp Hardback £39.95
Foreword (Abler)
Introduction: Electronic Commerce: Definitions, Dimensions
and Constraints (Brunn and Leinbach, USA)
Part 1 Ecommerce: Meaning, Theory and Impacts
Ecommerce in the New Economy (Leinbach, USA)
Towards an economics of the Internet and E-commerce (Button,
USA)
Beyond Transaction Costs: E-Commerce and the Power of Internet
Dataspace (Kenney and Curry, USA/Mexico)
The Geography of E-Commerce: Towards a Location Theory of
Distributed Computing (Goodchild, USA)
Maybe the Death of Distance, but Not the End of Geography:
The Internet as a Network (Malecki and Gorman, USA)
Part 2: Electronic Commerce in Firm, Regional and International
Context
The Information Society, Japanese style: Corner Stores as
Hubs for E-Commerce Access (Aoyama, USA)
Internet Economies and the Online Recruiting Industry (Cobb,
USA)
Grounding Global Flows: Constructing An Ecommerce Hub in Singapore
(Coe and Yeung, Singapore)
Finding the Source of Amazon.com: Examining the Store the
"Earth's Biggest Selection (Dodge, UK)
Electronic banking and City-Systems in the Netherlands (Van
Geenhuizen and Nijkamp, Amsterdam)
Global Electronic Spaces: Singapore's Role in the Foreign
Exchange Market in the Asia-Pacific Region (Langdale, Sydney)
Part 3 Ecommerce: Social, Political and Economic Policy Dimensions
The Currency of Currency: Speed, Sovereignty and Electronic
Finance (Warf and Purcell, USA)
Information Communication Technologies and the Integration
of European Derivatives Markets (Power, Sweden)
Dry Countries in Cyberspace: Governance and Enforcement without
Geographic Borders (Regan, USA)
Dot com Development: Are IT Lines Better than Tractors (Wilson,
USA)
Corporate Nations: The Emergence of New Sovereignties (Edwards,
Microsoft Corporation, USA)
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