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1、外文翻译ElectroincCommerceInDevelopingCountrieSIssuesforDomesticPolicyandWTONegotiationsMaterialSource:http://www.petersoninstitute.org/publications/wp/00-3.pdfAuthor:CatherineL.ManEletronicCommerceMergesTheDomesticAndInternationalMarketplaces“Electroniccommerce”isashorthandtermthatembr
2、acesacomplexamalgamoftechnologies,infrastructures,processes,andproducts.Itbringstogetherwholeindustriesandnarrowapplications,producersandusers,informationexchangeandeconomicactivityintoaglobalmarketplacecalled“theInternet.”ThereisnouniversaldefinitionofelectroniccommercebecausetheIn
3、ternetmarketplaceanditsparticipantsaresonumerousandtheirintricaterelationshipsareevolvingsorapidly.Nonetheless,oneofthebestwaysofunderstandingelectroniccommerceistoconsidertheelementsofitsinfrastructure,itsimpactonthetraditionalmarketplace,andthecontinuumofwaysinwhichelectroniccomme
4、rceismanifested.Thisapproachshowsclearlyhowelectroniccommerceisintricatelywovenintothefabricofdomesticeconomicactivityandinternationaltrade.Electroniccommerceasithasevolvedtodayrequiresthreetypesofinfrastructure:•TechnologicalinfrastructuretocreateanInternetmarketplace.Electroniccom
5、mercereliesonavarietyoftechnologies,thedevelopmentofwhichareproceedingatbreakneckspeeds(e.g.,interconnectivityamongtelecommunications,cable,satellite,orotherInternet‘backbone;’Internetserviceproviders(ISPs)toconnectmarketparticipantstothatbackbone;andend-userdevicessuchasPCs,TVs,orm
6、obiletelephones).•ProcessinfrastructuretoconnecttheInternetmarketplacetothetraditionalmarketplace.ThisinfrastructuremakespaymentovertheInternetpossible(throughcredit,debit,orSmartcards,orthroughonlinecurrencies).Italsomakespossiblethedistributionanddelivery(whetheronlineorphysical)o
7、fthoseproductspurchasedovertheInternettotheconsumer.•“Infrastructure”ofprotocols,laws,andregulations.Thisinfrastructureaffectstheconductofthosebusinessesengaginginandimpactedbyelectroniccommerce,aswellastherelationshipsbetweenbusinesses,consumers,andgovernment.Examplesincludetechnic
8、alcommunicationsand