At the industrial level, e-commerce (B2B) will become increasingly widespread. Through the improvement of fundamental platforms, such the infrastructure for charging, authentication, settlement, and credit administration, the e-marketplace -- where each category of manufactured goods and business exists independently -- will develop into a u-marketplace which is cross-sectional and seamless.
As a result, companies will be able to collaborate more flexibly over networks, and a huge change will occur in relations among companies, such as those involved in procurement and distribution. |