Businesses' Perception of Electronic Signatures: An Australian Study

Abstract

The advent of the internet has transformed the world of commerce. Electronic commerce allows businesses to buy and sell in global markets that are no longer bound by geography or time. Increasingly, governments, businesses and consumers are using information technology and the internet to exchange information, produce, market, buy, sell and even deliver products and services to places virtually unreachable before. Electronic signatures, in particular digital signatures, have been established with the objective to authenticate and facilitate commercial transactions in the electronic environment.