nep-ict New Economics Papers
on Information and Communication Technologies
Issue of 2009‒04‒05
two papers chosen by
Walter Frisch
University Vienna

  1. E-commerce Systems and E-shop Web Sites Security By Suchánek, Petr
  2. Beef up Your Competitor : A Model of Advertising Cooperation between Internet Search Engines By Geza Sapi; Irina Suleymanova

  1. By: Suchánek, Petr
    Abstract: Fruitfulnes of contemporary companies rests on new business model development, elimination of communication obstacles, simplification of industrial processes, possibilities of responding in real-time and above all meeting the floating custom needs. Quite a number of company activities and transactions are realized within the framework of e-business. Business transactions are supported by e-commerce systems. One of the e-commerce system part is web interface (web sites). Present trend is putting the accent on security. E-commerce system security and web sites security is the most overlooked aspect of securing data. E-commerce system security depends on technologies and its correct exploitation and proceedings. If we want e-commerce system and e-shops web sites with all services to be safety, it is necessary to know all possible risks, use up to date technologies, follow conventions of web sites development and have good security management system. The article deals with definition and description of risk areas refer to e-commerce systems and e-shop web sites and show fundamental principles of e-commerce systems and e-shop web sites security.
    Keywords: E-commerce system; e-shop web sites; security; security proceedings; web technologies
    JEL: Q55 Y90 Y80 D80 C80 C89
    Date: 2009–03–24
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:14259&r=ict
  2. By: Geza Sapi; Irina Suleymanova
    Abstract: We propose a duopoly model of competition between internet search engines endowed with different technologies and study the effects of an agreement where the more advanced firm shares its technology with the inferior one. We show that the superior firm enters the agreement only if it results in a large enough increase in demand for advertising space at the competing .rm and a relatively small improvement of the competitor's search quality. Although the superior firm gains market share, the agreement is beneficial for the inferior firm, as the later firm's additional revenues from a higher advertising demand outweigh its losses due to a smaller user pool. The cooperation is likely to be in line with the advertisers' interests and to be detrimental to users' welfare.
    Keywords: Search Engine, Two-Sided Market, Advertising, Strategic Complements, Technology
    JEL: L13 L24 L86 M37
    Date: 2009
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp870&r=ict

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