E-Commerce Integration in Technology

E-Commerce in Technology
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Abstract
Ecommerce is a type of trade where various parties transact using computer networks such as the internet, applications, and databases. The ecommerce industry employs a number of modern technologies such as mobile technology, supply chain management, internet marketing or emarketing, drones, and electronic funds/money transfer among others. The current literature review will give a comprehensive analysis of some of these technologies and why they are important and how they have transformed the field of ecommerce. Some of the technologies that will be discussed in details include mobile technology, supply chain management, drones, electronic money transfer, and internet marketing. The review of literature will present details on how these technologies are applied in the ecommerce industry and various types of some of these technologies. Also, the study will look at some of the limitations accompanying ecommerce and its technologies. Finally, two secondary sources for comparison purposes will be used to either confirm or refute various claims that will be discussed in the literature review.
Keywords: Ecommerce, Technology, Transaction, Internet, Computers
E-Commerce in Technology
Introduction
E-commerce also known as electronic commerce or e-commerce is a type of trade that involves transacting through computer networks such as the internet. E-commerce utilizes modern technologies such as electronic money transfer, internet marketing, mobile commerce, supply chain management, online transaction processing, automated data systems, inventory management systems, and electronic funds transfer. For the past one decade, electronic commerce has made huge strides with countries such as China and the United States pulling billions of dollars every year from this sector. Such tremendous improvement has been fostered by the latest advancements in technology, and unlike the days when technology only used to be the foundation of e-commerce, currently, it is transforming the industry in a fast pace more than ever. Today, technology is redefining the customer experience, and consumers are becoming more satisfied than in the past. Customers can now keep track...