글로벌 전자무역네트워크 구축동향과 과제

Trends and Problems faced in Global Electronic Trade Networks

The rapid diffusion of e-commerce throughout the world has accelerated the introduction of global electronic trade. In order to take full advantage of global electronic trade opportunities, the related parties may have no choice but to undergo reengineering processes to make their information systems interoperable with the systems of their trading partners. In this paper, We focus on global electronic trade networks, which is at the heart of global electronic trade. The paper is organised as follows. Section II considers significances and requirements of electronic trade and electronic networks. Section III considers current state of global electronic trade networks. For example, The electronic settlement networks such as Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance, Korea and Japan e-trade Hub Project, and ASEM e-Trade Network are examined. In spite of the advantage of these payment systems, these have various problems that should be solved for global electronic trade. Section IV concentrates on the problems and the prospects faced in global electronic trade networks. We suggest several useful means, including the network externalities, total solutions of related sectors, security and authentications etc. The paper concludes with a summary which highlights a number of the key issues concerning global electronic trade networks.