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It would go beyond the scope of this document to provide a comprehensive discussion of existing and possible definitions of e-commerce (see, for example, OECD 1999, Einsporn/Wiegand 1999, Shaw et al. 1999, empirica 1999). Therefore, a definition is being chosen, which seems appropriate for the current state of technology and with respect to the phenomena the monitoring procedure focuses on. e-Business e-Commerce ICT
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