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Regulating Fair Competition Toward Sustainable Development Goals

Technically, it is a technological software which has a functionality that serves as a foundation upon which complementary participating entities in the e-commerce platforms market can be developed. Non-technically, it is an intermediary connecting two or more groups of users in the multi-faceted digital market. Published in Chapter: Reconsidering E-Commerce Platforms Competition Law in Enhancing Sustainable Consumption and Production Tze Chin Ong (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Sherin Binti Kunhibava (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Norhoneydayatie binti Abdul Manap (National University of Malaysia, Malaysia), Zalina binti Abdul Halim (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Sridevi Thambapillay (University of Malaya, Malaysia), and Mei Fei Lee (University of Malaya, Malaysia)Source Title: Regulating Fair Competition Toward Sustainable Development GoalsCopyright: © 2024 |Pages: 27 DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-0390-0.ch001 Abstract The significance of consumer protection in achieving sustainable development goals is a critical element in stimulating a more dynamic and competitive digital economy. Consumers are the major economic participants in the economy with an active role in the digital marketplace, the participation of responsible platforms' businesses, and the empowerment of responsible consumers contribute directly toward achieving sustainable development goals. Consumer protection and competition law are intertwined with both focusing on consumers as the key stakeholder. This chapter focuses on the interplay between consumer protection law and competition law in the e-commerce platforms economy, highlighting the trade-off for e-commerce in sustainable consumption and production, and how reconsidering competition law in e-commerce platforms could enhance sustainable consumption and production. Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart More Results Chapter 17 Social Media and Health Communication: A Review of Advantages, Challenges, and Best Practices

Social Media and Health Communication: A Review of Advantages, Challenges, and Best Practices

Online technologies, including social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Published in Chapter: Social Media and Health Communication: A Review of Advantages, Challenges, and Best Practices; From: Emerging Technologies for Health Literacy and Medical Practice Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 5 Post-Truth and Marketing Communication in Technological Age

Post-Truth and Marketing Communication in Technological Age

Are internet and web-based virtual spaces that are based on some kind of unique business models in order to exchange, information, knowledge, goods, ideas, or services, etc, either with financial or nonfinancial returns, Eg Google search engine, Facebook, Spotify, Youtube, Apple store, Amazon market place, Uber, Apple/Google Pay, etc. Published in Chapter: Post-Truth and Marketing Communication in Technological Age; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Technology and Marketing for the Connected Consumer Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 2 Flattening Relations in the Sharing Economy: A Framework to Analyze Users, Digital Platforms, and Providers

Flattening Relations in the Sharing Economy: A Framework to Analyze Users, Digital Platforms, and Providers

Are technological artifacts that centralize and decentralize actions promoting connections, interactions, mediation, and inductions between users and providers of products and services through features, tools, and algorithms. Published in Chapter: Flattening Relations in the Sharing Economy: A Framework to Analyze Users, Digital Platforms, and Providers; From: Handbook of Research on the Platform Economy and the Evolution of E-Commerce Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 7 Forest Fire Scenarios in Digital Platforms: The Case of Portugal

Forest Fire Scenarios in Digital Platforms: The Case of Portugal

Any kind of platform based on an online environment. It could be a website, a social media page, a mobile app, a digital wearable, a digital game, an artificial intelligent object, etc. Published in Chapter: Forest Fire Scenarios in Digital Platforms: The Case of Portugal; From: Digital Services in Crisis, Disaster, and Emergency Situations Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 5 Artificial Intelligence in Marketing: A Study on Tools, Use, and Impacts

Artificial Intelligence in Marketing: A Study on Tools, Use, and Impacts

active mediation spaces/agents built on a technological base in which different activities occur and through which services, content and interactions are transacted, having as a distinctive feature their performance in the connected environment, even if not necessarily at an address www. Published in Chapter: Artificial Intelligence in Marketing: A Study on Tools, Use, and Impacts; From: Contemporary Trends in Innovative Marketing Strategies Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 8 The Development of Smart Tourism Destinations Through the Integration of ICT Innovations in SMEs of the Commercial Sector: Practical Experience From Central Italy

The Development of Smart Tourism Destinations Through the Integration of ICT Innovations in SMEs of the Commercial Sector: Practical Experience From Central Italy

A digital platform is a set of multiple services, representing a unique combination of software and hardware services of a company used to deliver its digital strategy. Published in Chapter: The Development of Smart Tourism Destinations Through the Integration of ICT Innovations in SMEs of the Commercial Sector: Practical Experience From Central Italy; From: Handbook of Research on Smart Territories and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Sustainable Growth Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 9 The Impact of Digital Transformation on Business Strategy: A Closer Look on Success Determinants

The Impact of Digital Transformation on Business Strategy: A Closer Look on Success Determinants

Technological platforms that allow interaction between systems and/or between systems and users. Published in Chapter: The Impact of Digital Transformation on Business Strategy: A Closer Look on Success Determinants; From: Handbook of Research on Smart Management for Digital Transformation Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 6 Smart and Sustainable Economy: How COVID-19 Has Acted as a Catalyst for China's Digital Transformation

Smart and Sustainable Economy: How COVID-19 Has Acted as a Catalyst for China's Digital Transformation

Digital platforms are a way to develop information technology infrastructure, including social media, mobile computing, and e-commerce platforms. They help companies break down barriers to creating smoother processes through digital technology. Digital platforms have a wide range of applications, including payments, accommodation, and healthcare, many of which have related applications. Published in Chapter: Smart and Sustainable Economy: How COVID-19 Has Acted as a Catalyst for China's Digital Transformation; From: AI-Enabled Agile Internet of Things for Sustainable FinTech Ecosystems Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 20 Digital Innovations and Applications in Information Science and Humanistic Knowledge

Digital Innovations and Applications in Information Science and Humanistic Knowledge

In this chapter, digital platforms describe emerging technologies and devices for online data, information, and communication. These smart innovations include the internet of things-based systems, mobile phones, and social media. Published in Chapter: Digital Innovations and Applications in Information Science and Humanistic Knowledge; From: Handbook of Research on Technological Advances of Library and Information Science in Industry 5.0 Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 4 Assessing the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Advertising

Assessing the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Advertising

Digital structures in which business/marketing activities or topics such as social communication can be carried out. Published in Chapter: Assessing the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Advertising; From: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing: Competitive Strategies and Tactics Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 5 Innovative Business Models in Digital Firms: The Challenge of Sustainability

Innovative Business Models in Digital Firms: The Challenge of Sustainability

Electronic ecosystems where technology enables interactions and transactions among multiple players, generating value and knowledge. Published in Chapter: Innovative Business Models in Digital Firms: The Challenge of Sustainability; From: Customer Satisfaction and Sustainability Initiatives in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 20 Digital Innovations and Applications in Information Science and Humanistic Knowledge

In this chapter, digital platforms describe the new industrial revolution of innovations and applications of technology and telecommunication systems for online data and information and collaboration. Published in Chapter: Digital Innovations and Applications in Information Science and Humanistic Knowledge; From: Handbook of Research on Technological Advances of Library and Information Science in Industry 5.0 Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart Chapter 3 Achieving Environmental Sustainability Through Industry 4.0 Tools: The Case of the “Symbiosis” Digital Platform

Achieving Environmental Sustainability Through Industry 4.0 Tools: The Case of the “Symbiosis” Digital Platform

They can be understood as technical elements based on a codebase, but also as an assemblage of hardware and software elements from one hand and ad hoc organizational routines and standards, from the other hand. Published in Chapter: Achieving Environmental Sustainability Through Industry 4.0 Tools: The Case of the “Symbiosis” Digital Platform; From: Customer Satisfaction and Sustainability Initiatives in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Full Text Chapter Download: US $37.50 Add to Cart