ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TradeSim has been developed at ITC's Market Analysis Section by Lionel Fontagné and Jean-Michel Pasteels, under the supervision of Friedrich von Kirchbach. We acknowledge Michäel Pajot for participating in the model construction, Tom Bloemers and Marta Balihe for the collection of macroeconomic and cultural data, and Paul Baker for editing. The designations employed and the pre...

E-business processes are implemented through existing, as well as novel technologies. This book chapter focuses on the field of electronic markets (e-markets), and studies the technologies and solutions that are applied and proposed in this field. In particular, the chapter reviews e-market literature in order to identify which are the technological trends that have appeared in the e-markets fi...