Semantic Issues in e-Commerce Systems (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing)
Contributors: Robert Meersman (Editor); Karl Aberer (Editor); Tharam Dillon (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781402073519
Subjects: Business & Management; Databases & data structures; Sales & marketing; E-Commerce - General; Computer Networks; Programming Language Semantics; Computers; Business / Economics / Finance; Programming Languages - General; Business/Economics; Electronic Commerce; Information Management; Computers / Computer Science
First sentence: The Electronic Market hypothesis ([Malone et al, 87]) predicted, on the basis of transaction cost theory, that the use of IT would cause a shift from hierarchies to markets.