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International economy


SIDENKO Volodymyr 1

1Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine

The impact of e-commerce on the evolution of organizational forms of international economic activity

Ekon. teor. 2020; 3:83-106https://doi.org/10.15407/etet2020.03.083


ABSTRACT ▼

The article analyses the main directions of the impact of spreading e-commerce on the change in the organizational modes of international economic activity. The author identifies six major areas for such changes, which include: the formation of global and regional trading platforms as major trade intermediaries; formation of networks of constant direct contacts of suppliers and consumers; deployment and changes in the format of global or regional value chains; significant enhancement of the role of international logistics systems; modifying the economy of scale as a factor of economic efficiency; growing substitution of trade in goods for trade in services.
The study proves that this impact is controversial and asymmetrical, and is asso-ciated with both the emergence of new commercial opportunities and obstacles in the form of new forms of "electronic" protectionism, as well as new risks and threats. It creates the possibility of forming different technological paradigms with-in the world economy, causing a long-term coexistence of the newest network forms of interaction with traditional market structures.

Keywords:e-commerce, digital commerce, organizational forms of international economic activity, trading platforms and networks, asymmetries, contradictions and risks in the global economy.


JEL: F10, М20, О33

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