Chapter 13: E-Business

E-commerce- the buying and selling of goods over the internet (online transactions).

E-business- the conducting of business on the Internet including not only buying and selling but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners.

E-Business Models
  • Business-to-business (B2B) - Applies to businesses buying from selling to each other over the Internet. E.g: Electronic marketplace (e-marketplace)- interactive business communities providing a central market where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in e-business activities.
  • Business-to-consumer (B2C) - Applies to any business that sells its products or services to consumers over the Internet. E.g: E-shop- a version of a retail store where customers can shop at any hour of the day without leaving their home or office & E-mall- consists of a number of e-shops, it serves as a gateway through which visitor can access other e-shops.
  • Consumer-to-business (C2B) - Applies to any consumer that sells a product or service to a business over the Internet. E.g: Brick-and-mortar business- operates in a physical store without an Internet presence, Pure-play business- a business that operates on the Internet only without a physical store, Click-and-mortar business- a business that operates in a physical store and on the Internet.
  • Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) - Applies to sites primarily offering goods and services to assist consumers interacting with each other over the Internet. E.g: Electronic auction(e-auction), forward auction, reverse auction.
E-business benefits:
  • Highly accessible
  • Increased customer loyalty
  • Improved information content
  • Increased convenience
  • Increased global reach
  • Decreased cost

E-business Challenges:
  • Identifying limited market segments 
  • Managing customer trust
  •  Ensuring consumer protection
  • Adhere to taxation rules

E-business benefits and challenges:
  • Transaction fees
  • License fees
  • Subscription fees
  • Value-added fees
  • Advertising fees
 Web Mashup- a Web site or Web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service.




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