Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has been radically altering our society. Economic activities using tools of the Internet or new information and communications technology (ICT) to purchase goods or services or conduct business online are rapidly expanding. Global cross-border e-commerce has become increasingly important in the international economy. Various factors have laid a solid foundation for ...

Over the course of ASEAN’s 50 years of existence, the ASEAN region has been transformed from a relatively poor region in the 1960s into a robustly growing region of middle-income to high-income countries. The ASEAN Member States (AMSs) have transitioned from being largely exporters of primary products into regional and global exporters of commodities, manufactures, and services. The region has ...