Electronic Value Exchange Origins of the VISA Electronic Payment System /

Although those born after the 1990s might never have known a time without them, payment cards and the electronic and computing networks they activate went through an explicit process of creation and adoption-a process which actively shaped these ubiquitous systems into what they are today. To unders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stearns, David L. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:History of Computing,
Temas:
Computers-History.
Information technology-Management.
Computer networks .
Computers.
Computers and civilization.
Electronic data processing-Management.
History of Computing.
Computer Application in Administrative Data Processing.
Computer Communication Networks.
Hardware Performance and Reliability.
Computers and Society.
IT Operations.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the Stage: Money, Credit, and Payments in America
  • Associating: Dee Hock and the Creation of the Organization
  • Crafting the Social Dynamics: Staffing, Operating Regulations, and Advertising
  • Automating Authorization: BASE
  • Automating Clearing and Settlement: BASE II and III
  • Expanding the System: Organizational and Technical Growth
  • Automating the Point of Sale: Encoding Standards and Merchant Dial Terminals
  • Challenging Conceptual Barriers: EFT and The Debit Card
  • Negotiating Roles: Controversies and the End of an Era
  • Conclusions: Towards a General Socio-technical History of Payment Systems.

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