TITLE: ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES FOR B2B CONTRACTS: EVIDENCE
FROM AUSTRALIA
PUBLISHER: SPRINGER LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LINK: http://is.gd/JTjPhv RELEASE TYPE: RETAIL
FORMAT: PDF RELEASE DATE: 2015.01.28
ISBN: 9788132207436 STORE DATE: 2013
SAVED.MONEY: 84 EURO DISKCOUNT: 01 x 05MB
AUTHOR: SRIVASTAVA, AASHISH

BOOK

The last few centuries have seen paper-based documents and
manuscript signatures dominate the way businesses enter into a
contractual relationship with each other. With the advent of
Internet, replacing paper-based contracts with B2B electronic
contracts is a possibility. However, an appropriate technology
and an enabling legislation are crucial for this change to
happen. On the technology front this feature has the potential to
enable business executives to sit in front of their computer and
sign multi-million dollar deals by using their electronic
signatures. On the legal front various pieces of legislation have
been enacted and policies developed at both national and
international levels to give legal recognition to such type of
contracts. This book presents the findings of an empirical study
on large public listed Australian companies that examined
businesses' perception towards the use of electronic signatures
in B2B contracts. Essentially, it identifies six key factors that
create a disincentive to businesses to move from the practice of
paper- based signatures to the new technology of electronic
signatures

This book offers legal practitioners, academics and businesses
insights into issues associated with the use of electronic
signatures and suggests a number of measures to promote its usage
in B2B contracts