ual E-Business OrganizationMarshall Industries has established itself as one of the first companies to provide electronic component distribution by conducting e-business on an international basis. Like many other businesses of its century, technology has played an important role, changing the way a business operates and offering many marketing and support options. Countless companies have taken a slice of the pie by taking advantage of the World Wide Web to drive their business to a larger list of customers and taking their business outside the box. According to Marshall Industries "The Internet offers the opportunity to help reshape and strengthen traditional business relationships. Using the Internet, broadcasts can be sent whenever needed without a surcharge, helping to establish real-time purchasing, providing further benefits in terms of speed and flexibility. Furthermore, the replacement of traditional means of marketing and advertising with the use of Internet and Web-based technologies offers new possibilities" (2003). Marshall Industries provides its services in many parts of the world. As a company that serves many countries, there are many legal issues involved. Some of the issues include, but are not limited to, contract formation and electronic signatures, warranties and limitations of liability, privacy and data protection, jurisdiction for Internet-based transactions. To have legal proof of a stipulated agreement regarding customers for businesses and businesses for businesses, contract formation and electronic signatures allow such a binding contract to take on a legal format when dealing with e-business. According to Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard "the E-sign Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) prevent a legal rule from denying the legal effect of certain transactions in interstate or foreign commerce on the basis that the signature, contract or the record of such transaction is in electronic form or if an electronic signature or electronic record has been used in the formation of a particular contract Both provide that if a law requires a record to be written or retained in its original form, then a record electronic meets the requirements. law" (Kierkegaard, 2007, 8). A company must disclose to its customer the warranty and liability relating to its goods and services. When conducting international e-commerce, warranties and limitations of liability play an important role according to Jacqueline Klosek: "When conducting business online, especially with consumers, you will also need to consider the potential application of foreign law regarding certain terms contractual. Many jurisdictions provide for the existence of certain mandatory guarantees that apply regardless of what is indicated in the contract.

Topic > ual E-Business OrganizationMarshall Industries has established itself as one of the first companies to provide electronic component distribution by conducting e-business on an international basis. Like many other businesses of its century, technology has played an important role, changing the way a business operates and offering many marketing and support options. Countless companies have taken a slice of the pie by taking advantage of the World Wide Web to drive their business to a larger list of customers and taking their business outside the box. According to Marshall Industries "The Internet offers the opportunity to help reshape and strengthen traditional business relationships. Using the Internet, broadcasts can be sent whenever needed without a surcharge, helping to establish real-time purchasing, providing further benefits in terms of speed and flexibility. Furthermore, the replacement of traditional means of marketing and advertising with the use of Internet and Web-based technologies offers new possibilities" (2003). Marshall Industries provides its services in many parts of the world. As a company that serves many countries, there are many legal issues involved. Some of the issues include, but are not limited to, contract formation and electronic signatures, warranties and limitations of liability, privacy and data protection, jurisdiction for Internet-based transactions. To have legal proof of a stipulated agreement regarding customers for businesses and businesses for businesses, contract formation and electronic signatures allow such a binding contract to take on a legal format when dealing with e-business. According to Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard "the E-sign Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) prevent a legal rule from denying the legal effect of certain transactions in interstate or foreign commerce on the basis that the signature, contract or the record of such transaction is in electronic form or if an electronic signature or electronic record has been used in the formation of a particular contract Both provide that if a law requires a record to be written or retained in its original form, then a record electronic meets the requirements. law" (Kierkegaard, 2007, 8). A company must disclose to its customer the warranty and liability relating to its goods and services. When conducting international e-commerce, warranties and limitations of liability play an important role according to Jacqueline Klosek: "When conducting business online, especially with consumers, you will also need to consider the potential application of foreign law regarding certain terms contractual. Many jurisdictions provide for the existence of certain mandatory guarantees that apply regardless of what is indicated in the contract.