Electronic commerce and the European Union
The e-business concept goes well beyond e-commerce (buying and selling on-line) as it also encompasses the integration of ICT into business processes of enterprises. In this context managerial innovation and entrepreneurial spirit are as important as technological breakthroughs. The related policy challenge is therefore to help European enterprises, notably SMEs, to adapt themselves to structural changes, such as those fostered by the diffusion and pervasiveness of new technologies. It implies legal, technological, business and human challenges. EU main policy challenges are now to improve the managerial understanding of e-business and the availability of e-business solutions, as well as to promote networking and co-operation initiatives.
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