Theoretical Foundations of the Formation of the Internet Economy

Abstract

Today, the Internet economics research area is one of the most promising in Russia. The Internet economy is only at the first stage of its development. The history of the Internet economy is only about 35 years old. In the history of mankind in such a short period, no great invention could become so massive and accessible to all. We conduct an analysis of the structural processes occurring in the modern information (new) economy. We distinguish the e-economy and the internet economy, which is a consequence of the evolutionary development of the e-economy. We consider the definitions of the basic elements of the e-economy and the Internet economy: e-business and i-business, ecommerce and i-commerce, an Internet project and an Internet company website.

Keywords

• internet economy
• e-economy
• virtual economy
• information (new) economy
• information society
• website
• e-commerce
• internet commerce
• it technologies