Lessons from Alibaba.com: Government's role in electronic contracting

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Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 298-307

  Hu, Qin ^a   Wu, Xun ^b   Wang, Clement K ^c  

^a China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Co Ltd   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Contracts; Electronic commerce; Legal systems; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

E-COMMERCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 23444451570     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690410564807     Document Type: Article

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