It cannot be denied that software technology and electronic transactions have evolved at an alarming pace. Critically examine the different ways in which these have boosted the growth and development of E-Commerce law in the United Kingdom

Leading head : DEVELOPMENT OF E-COMMERCE

Growth and Development of E-Commerce Boosted By

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Introduction

Kalakota and Whinston (1997 ) define ecommerce as `the buying and selling of information , products and services via computer networks , the computer networks primarily being the Internet . Others use the term to encompass not only the buying and selling but also the use of Internet technologies , such as email and intranets , to exchange or share information either within the firm itself or with external stakeholders

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broad definition of e-commerce entails the use of computers and telecommunications to facilitate the trade of goods and services . From this definition , e-commerce emerged in the 1960s , with automated payment systems and telephone services . Since then , e-business such as telephone banking , credit card services , fax s , Electronic Funds Transfer and Electronic Data Interchange have been developed , culminating recently with the use of the Web and the Internet . Today it includes activities more precisely termed Web commerce ' - the purchase of goods and services over the World Wide Web via secure servers (note HTTPS , a special server protocol that encrypts confidential ing data for customer protection ) with e- shopping carts and with electronic pay services , like credit card pay authorizations (Eddie , 2002

Adoption of e-commerce by SMEs in UK

A study by Elizabeth , Hugh and Andrew (2002 ) on Adoption of e-commerce by Small and Medium scale Enterprises established four distinct clusters of adoption . A set of four sequential stages through which...