Bakhtin, S.A. The Internet economy – the new challenge for the national economic security: the general characteristics.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the influence of the Internet on the global and national economic development. The author supports the thesis on the Internet-economy phenomenon as a fundamental factor for the transition from the industrial market economy to the innovation economy via the new Internet-based communication infrastructure. The author also views the critical factors for the development of the Internet economy and the problems of its formation in the Russian Federation.

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