Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions


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Compares the legislative frameworks in the EU, US, China and International Organisations applicable to e-commerce and highlights the main legal obstacles to the development of electronic contracts and signatures, as well as Internet jurisdiction and online dispute resolutions.







E-commerce in China


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Comparison of E-Commerce Regulations in Chinese and American FTAs


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Insufficient WTO regulation of cross-border e-commerce confronts China and the US with three legal challenges: ambiguous classification of digital products, inadequate consumer and privacy protection, and weak protection of cross-border flow of information. China and the US have adopted converging approaches to address these challenges: inserting e-commerce chapters into their FTAs. However, the substance of these chapters is diverging. Firstly, US FTAs categorise digital products separately from goods and services and provide national treatment and most favoured nation treatment to products and their suppliers. China's FTAs still offer no solutions to the classification of digital products and their treatment. Secondly, although China's FTAs still provide weak protection for consumers and privacy, Chinese domestic law has converged towards US FTAs to provide better protection. Thirdly, US and China FTAs are significantly divergent in their regulation of the free flow of information. In the post-TPP era, a polycentric direction will emerge in the regulation of the free flow of information between China and the US.







E-Commerce in China and Germany


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Die Frage, ob und wie der E-Commerce-Markt zu regulieren ist, stellt sich in China und Deutschland gleichermaßen. Dabei ist die Notwendigkeit einer Regulierung in beiden Ländern unbestritten - Zweckrichtung, Anwendungsbereich und Instrumentarium der Regelungen differieren jedoch beträchtlich. Das chinesische Recht basiert auf strenger staatlicher Kontrolle, die wenig Spielraum lässt für individuelle Initiativen Privater. In Deutschland gibt man hingegen der Privatautonomie den Vorrang bei der Regulierung des E-Commerce-Marktes.Die Studie entwickelt, verdichtet und vergleicht die wesentlichen regulatorischen Ansätze und Erfahrungen zum E-Commerce in China, Deutschland und der EU. Neben einer Darstellung der wichtigsten gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und der hierzu ergangenen Rechtsprechung, bietet das Werk auch eine interdisziplinäre Analyse der jeweiligen Regulierungssysteme sowie deren Vergleich.Die Studie wurde von namhaften Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern im Bereich E-Commerce aus China, Deutschland und der EU durchgeführt:China: Li Anyu (University of International Business and Economics, Beijing); He Mingke, (Beijing Technology and Business University); Ala Musi (CEO of Beijing Deofar Information Technology Co., Ltd.).Deutschland und die EU: Malte Krüger (Fachhochschule Aschaffenburg); Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz (Europäisches Hochschulinstitut, Florenz/Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg); Kai Purnhagen (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München/Universität Amsterdam); Gerald Spindler (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen); Christian Thorun (Institut für Verbraucherpolitik, Bad Honnef).In englischer Sprache.




Doing Business 2020


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Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.




Electronic Commerce 2018


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This new Edition of Electronic Commerce is a complete update of the leading graduate level/advanced undergraduate level textbook on the subject. Electronic commerce (EC) describes the manner in which transactions take place over electronic networks, mostly the Internet. It is the process of electronically buying and selling goods, services, and information. Certain EC applications, such as buying and selling stocks and airline tickets online, are reaching maturity, some even exceeding non-Internet trades. However, EC is not just about buying and selling; it also is about electronically communicating, collaborating, and discovering information. It is about e-learning, e-government, social networks, and much more. EC is having an impact on a significant portion of the world, affecting businesses, professions, trade, and of course, people. The most important developments in EC since 2014 are the continuous phenomenal growth of social networks, especially Facebook , LinkedIn and Instagram, and the trend toward conducting EC with mobile devices. Other major developments are the expansion of EC globally, especially in China where you can find the world's largest EC company. Much attention is lately being given to smart commerce and the use of AI-based analytics and big data to enhance the field. Finally, some emerging EC business models are changing industries (e.g., the shared economy models of Uber and Airbnb). The 2018 (9th) edition, brings forth the latest trends in e-commerce, including smart commerce, social commerce, social collaboration, shared economy, innovations, and mobility.