Foreign direct investment in e-commerce
Description
The Industrial Policy and Promotion Department recently invited feedback on the ecommerce FDI allowance and indicated that the Government intends to open this section. The new Indian policy does not encourage foreign investment in online sales to customers. There are no limitations on FDI in e-commerce transfers of products between company and business (B2B). Therefore, it considers going beyond B2C products retail into other transactions, such as consumer-to-government transactions (C2B), business-to-government transactions (B2Gs), and consumer-to-business transactions (C2Bs). This paper looks at the advantages of FDI in e-commerce. The paper is woven as a conceptual paper which can be used to address some of the big e-commerce problem facing FDI.
Files
10. Foreign Direct Investment in E-Commerce.pdf
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References
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