E-commerce can be defined as the enablement of a business vision supported by advanced information technology to increase the effectiveness of the business relationships between trading partners. ... EDI is used for the exchange of structured data between the computer systems of trading partners e.g. suppliers to manufacturers. ... The US-based eBay Inc, is the world's largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the Internet. ... The Internet has helped companies streamline their business and reduce their costs. ... Email has proved to be highly beneficial and...

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The tourism trade to these seaside resorts is decreasing as people now prefer their foreign counter parts with weather that is a little more reliable. ... While most of the large companies survive this transition because they have the capital to move their company's abroad the smaller ones like B+Bs and small caravan sites slowly die off. ... By the 1960s package holidays started to take off with the main destinations being the Spanish coast, the Balearic Islands, Italy and Greece. ... It brought into the home the opportunity for people to see what other countries looked like ...

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One piece of e-mail may pass through 1000 computers bouncing off each one before it reaches its destination. ... Through the Internet, new opportunities to save money are created for companies. ... It is estimated that the administrative cost of trade between companies in the U.S. amounts to $250 billi...

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