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Electronic commerce, EC, e-commerce or ecommerce consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The information technology industry might see it as an electronic business application aimed at commercial transactions. It can involve electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, e-marketing, online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), automated inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Officesupply-CompanyNet. It typically uses electronic communications technology such as the Internet, extranets, e-mail, e-books, databases, and mobile phones.

According to Forrester Research (as cited in Kessler, 2003), electronic commerce generated sales worth US $12. 2 billion in 2003.

Historical development

The meaning of the term "electronic commerce" has changed over time. Originally, "electronic commerce" meant the facilitation of commercial transactions electronically, usually using technology like Electronic Data Interchange (EDI, introduced in the late 1970s) to send commercial documents like purchase orders or invoices electronically. Lambdin AB.