"Electronic Value Exchange" examines in detail the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today. Topics and features: provides a history of the VISA system from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s; presents a historical narrative based on research gathered from personal documents and interviews with key actors; investigates, for the first time, both the technological and social infrastructures necessary for the VISA system to operate; supplies a detailed case study, highlighting the mutual shaping of technology and social relations, and the influence that earlier information processing practices have on the way firms adopt computers and telecommunications; examines how "gateways" in transactional networks can reinforce or undermine established social boundaries, and reviews the establishment of trust in new payment devices."
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"Electronic Value Exchange" examines in detail the transformation of the VISA electronic payment system from a collection of non-integrated, localized, paper-based bank credit card programs into the cooperative, global, electronic value exchange network it is today. Topics and features: provides a history of the VISA system from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s; presents a historical narrative based on research gathered from personal documents and interviews with key actors; investigates, for the first time, both the technological and social infrastructures necessary for the VISA system to operate; supplies a detailed case study, highlighting the mutual shaping of technology and social relations, and the influence that earlier information processing practices have on the way firms adopt computers and telecommunications; examines how "gateways" in transactional networks can reinforce or undermine established social boundaries, and reviews the establishment of trust in new payment devices."
Imprint | Springer London |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | History of Computing |
Release date | 2011 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2011 |
Authors | David L. Stearns |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 240 |
Edition | 2011 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84996-138-7 |
Barcode | 9781849961387 |
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LSN | 1-84996-138-7 |