Digital economy : impacts, influences, and challenges / Harbhajan S. Kehal, Varinder P. Singh, [editors].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. I. Socio-economic impacts and influences of e-commerce in a digital economy / Sushil K. Sharma -- Ch. II. Re-intermediation and deferment through e-commerce : neo-Austrian interpretation of capital and time / Parthasarathi Banerjee -- Ch. III. Risk and investment in the global telecommunications industry / Irene Henriques and Perry Sadorsky -- Ch. IV. Reduction of transaction costs by using electronic commerce in financial services : an institutional and empirical approach / Thomas Pfahler and Kai M. Grebe -- Ch. V. The spreading use of digital cash and its problems / Yutaka Kurihara -- Ch. VI. Electronic signature : the core legislation category in digital economy / Fjodor Ruzic -- Ch. VII. Impacts of the digital economy : the shift to consumer-driven competition and life-span products / Simon Mowatt -- Ch. VIII. Digital products on the Web : pricing issues and revenue models / Gary P. Schneider -- Ch. IX. On software piracy / Sougata Poddar -- Ch. X. An e-classification of the world's capital cities : URL references to Web sites / Stanley D. Brunn -- Ch. XI. Online services and regional Web portals : exploring the social and economic impacts / Helen Thompson -- Ch. XII. ICT growth and diffusion : concepts, impacts and policy issues in the Indian experience with reference to the international digital divide / Saundarjya Borbora -- Ch. XIII. Digital technologies and the cross-border expansion of South African banks / Joanne Roberts and Chipo Mukonoweshuro -- Ch. XIV. Technology and culture : e-commerce in China / Alev M. Efendioglu and Vincent F. Yip -- Ch. XV. Internet economy of the online game business in South Korea : the case of NCsoft's Lineage / Kyonghwan Park -- Ch. XVI. Opportunities and challenges of the new economy for East Asia / Donghyun Park -- Ch. XVII. Digital engineering campus : economics, acceptance, and impact / Milind J. Mahajan, Sunil S. Umrani and Narendra S. Chaudhari -- Ch. XVIII. Corporate strategies in a digital world : supply chain management and customer relationship management - development and integration-focus / Purva Kansal and Keshni Anand Arora.