The importance of trust in electronic commerce

1 October 1998

journal article
research article
Published by Emerald Publishing in Internet Research

Vol. 8 (4) , 313-321
https://doi.org/10.1108/10662249810231050

Abstract

In this paper a new concept “trust”, and how it influences the process of managing the security of an organization operating in an electronic commerce environment has been introduced. Pragmatically, the study suggests awareness for organizations entering into electronic commerce and theoretically the study aims to develop a framework of trust and security for electronic commerce thus providing a set of guidelines for secure electronic commerce.

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