EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the birth of the Internet in 1969 to its commercial adoption in the 1990s, the World Wide Web has enabled businesses and consumers to connect with one another to exchange and share information, anywhere and anytime. The web has provided consumers and businesses with enormous advantages by reducing the transaction time and increasing the level of convenience. As we leap into the twenty first century, it seems as though everyone is on the …showed first 75 words of 4348 total…

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