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What is Electronic Commerce

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Activities of a traditional commerce process by using information and communication technologies through the Internet and intranets.
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Recommender Technologies and Emerging Applications
Young Park (Bradley University, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch163
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