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E-Commerce
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I. E-Commerce: An Introduction
II. History of E-Commerce
III. Economic Impact
IV. Advantages of E-Commerce
V. Disadvantages of E-Commerce
VI. The Future of E-Commerce
E-Commerce ¡V An Introduction
With the astonishing growth of the Internet, many companies are finding new and exciting ways to expand upon their business opportunities. There are very few successful companies that do not use computers in their everyday business activities, which also means there are few companies that do not use e-commerce. To emphasise the point that the effect of the Internet is so widespread in today¡¦s business communities, one online article stated that more than 100000 companies have Internet addresses, and 20000 companies have home pages on the Internet as of February 1999. (DataQuest, 1999). These numbers have more than tripled since 1995, and the trend shows no signs of slowing. But what exa...