THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION ON E-COMMERCE IN NIGERIA
THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION ON E-COMMERCE IN NIGERIA
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2012-03
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OBAFEMI, OLUWASEUN MORENIKE
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Abstract
Globalization is a process of creating a global market place in which increasingly all nations are forced to
participate . Key elements of this process are interconnection of sovereign nations through trade and
capital flow, harmonization of the economic rules that govern relationship between these sovereign
nations, creating instructions to support and facilitate dependence and interconnection and creation of
a global market place.
The world as we know it is shrinking, thanks to advancing technology and people around the globe are
more connected to one another than ever before. As a result, corporate bodies and individuals the
world over are finding themselves in a situation where they have to restructure and reposition
themselves in order to efficiently utilize global resources and maximize the gains accruable from the
delivery of specialized products and professional services via the global market place,the internet.
This method of doing business is termed e-commerce. E-commerce, literally meaning Electronic
commerce, has evolved rapidly over the last two decades. It consist primarily of distribution, marketing,
buying and selling of products or services and transfer of funds over electronic system such as the
internet. It also covers a wide range of business from consumer-based retail sites, through auction and
music sites, and corporate sites for business exchanges
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BEING PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL OF AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF MASTERS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND DIPLOMACY (MIAD)
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
MARCH 2012
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CHALLENGES,, GLOBALIZATION,, E-COMMERCE,, NIGERIA.