This paper surveys and analyzes the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce (e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) aspects. From the consumer buying behavior perspective, agents are being used in the following activities: need identification, product brokering, buyer coalition formation, merchant brokering, and ne...

Electronic commerce applications have special features compared to conventional information systems. First, because electronic commerce usually involves yet nonexisting business activities, requirements for e-commerce applications have to be created from scratch rather than elicited. Second, design decisions about e-business models and the associated information systems architecture cannot be s...

Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) has become a popular topic for business and academic research since the early 1990's. Different researchers focus on different areas: applications, services, marketing, strategy, the Internet, extranets and technologies in ECommerce, to name but a few. Yet despite this focus on E-Commerce, there is still confusion about just what it is. The aim of this paper is ...

This chapter looks into the key infrastructure factors affecting the success of small companies in developing economies that are establishing B2B e-commerce ventures by aggregating critical success factors from general e-commerce studies and studies from e-commerce in developing countries. The factors were identified through a literature review and case studies of two organizations. The results...

in the popularity of the Internet, e-commerce more and more into people's daily lives. E-commerce is different from the traditional forms of face to face trading patterns, which requires the users to have a good faith transaction. To detect the user's trustworthiness, models of reputation system have been proposed to the user's credibility to determine whether a transaction is feasible. Based o...

It is widely believed that B2B e-commerce will help firms in developing countries to reduce cost and to improve their access to global market. Yet, developing countries are still some way from success in their adoption of B2B e-commerce. This paper explores social and cultural perspectives that impact on B2B e-commerce adoption in developing countries. Interviews were conducted with key informa...

This paper firstly introduces the E-commerce and deeply explores current status of Chinese B2B E-commerce and problems existing in small and medium-sized enterprises. Secondly, based on the study of the E-commerce, the author studies successful business model of Alibaba and Made-in-China. Finally, according to Alibaba’s and Made-in-China’s successful business model experience, the author reflec...

This paper reviews the decisions, coordination contract, and altruistic preference of an e-commerce supply chain (eSC) composed a manufacturer third-party platform (platform). The research derives optimal decisions in decentralized model with preference; it is indicated that can help increase sales price service level. Although platform’s not beneficial to its own profits, manufacturer’s profit...