Diffusion and Impacts of the Internet and E-Commerce in Japan

Diffusion and Impacts of the Internet and E-Commerce in Japan 1 February 2004 DENNIS TACHIKI Faculty of Business Administration Tamagawa University tachiki@bus.tamagawa.ac.jp SATOSHI HAMAYA Economic Research Center Fujitsu Research Institute hamayas@fri.fujitsu.com KOH YUKAWA Economic Research Center Fujitsu Research Institute yukawak@fri.fujitsu.com This research is part of the Globalization and E-Commerce project of the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO) at the University of California, Irvine. The material is based upon work supported by a grant to CRITO from the National Science Foundation (CISE/IIS/DST, Grant No. 0085852). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations University of California, Irvine | www.crito.uci.edu