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structure will facilitate communication between business and consumers
(Ochienghs, 1998). EC “increases the collaboration between the various
sectors of government, banking, business and information technology of the
country” (ITU, 2001b). One of the social benefits that electronic commerce
provides to developing countries is the partnership among different countries.
More jobs are created as demands for products rise due to the large exposure
electronic commerce has allowed.
CASES
Panama
Panama has implemented many initiatives for EC (National Law Center,
2000). Panama’s tourism has benefit from this by putting information of the best
places to visit in their country on the web.
Travel agencies provide information at their web sites that are virtually
available to any person in the world interested in visiting Panama. There are plenty
of benefits for organizations, such as saving on the cost of brochures, advertising in
international newspapers or magazines, and on methods of payments that they have
to do through their bank (U.S. Department of Commerce, 2000).
Tunisia
For example, today electronic commerce is a reality in Tunisia, with pilot
projects selling Tunisian products in all countries of the world and a bill for electronic
exchanges and commerce that was presented to the Chamber of Deputies. The
object of the year 2000 was to generalize the use of this new mode of commerce
in Tunisia and create public and private online services allowing Tunisian citizens to
take full advantage of electronic commerce (ISOC, 2001).
Malaysia
In 1997, government officials in Malaysia noticed that the rapid diffusion of the
Internet throughout the world had accelerated the introduction of electronic
commerce. The government envisioned a profound structural change in the
economy of the country and a significant impact on international trade. Malaysia’s
electronic commerce expansion is also partially credited to the growth in PC
purchase and use in that nation, the actual hardware and is somewhat the backbone
of electronic commerce. The growth of PCs in the nation provides another source
of electronic commerce, C2B and C2C. The new electronic commerce markets are
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