Mah Mba PPT05
Mah Mba PPT05
Mah Mba PPT05
Electronic Commerce
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Learning Objectives
• Define e-commerce and describe how it differs from e-
business
• Identify the unique features of e-commerce technology
and discuss their business significance
• Describe the major types of e-commerce
• Understand the visions and forces behind the E-
commerce
• Understand the limitations of E-commerce
• Identify the major academic disciplines contributing to e-
commerce research
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E-commerce Defined
• E-commerce involves digitally enabled
commercial transactions between and
among organizations and individuals
• Digitally enabled transactions include all
transactions mediated by digital technology
• Commercial transactions involve the
exchange of value across organizational or
individual boundaries in return for products
or services
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E-commerce vs. E-business
• Debate among consultants and academics
about meanings and limitations of terms e-
commerce and e-business
• We use the term e-business to refer primarily
to the digital enablement of transactions and
processes within a firm, involving information
systems under the control of the firm
• E-business does not include commercial
transactions involving an exchange of value
across organizational boundaries
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Seven Unique Features of E-commerce
Technology and Their Significance
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Seven Unique Features of E-commerce Technology
Table 1.2,
Page 12
Slide 1-6
Types of E-commerce
Classified by nature of market
relationship
• Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
• Business-to-Business (B2B)
• Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
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Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
E-commerce
• Involves online businesses attempting to
reach individual consumers
• In 2010, total B2C revenues were about
$255 billion
• Many types of business models within
this category including online retailers,
content providers, portals, transaction
brokers, service providers, market
creators and community providers
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Business-to-Business (B2B)
E-commerce
• Involves businesses focusing on selling to
other businesses
• Largest form of e-commerce ($3.6 trillion in
2010)
• Two primary business models within B2B:
Net marketplaces (includes e-distributors,
e-procurement companies, exchanges and
industry consortia)
Private industrial networks (includes single
firm networks and industry-wide networks)
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Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) E-
commerce
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E-government
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E-learning
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The Growth of the Internet, Measured by Number of
Internet Hosts with Domain Names
Figure 1.3, Page 20
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The Growth of B2C E-commerce
Figure 1.5, Page 24
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E-commerce I and E-commerce II
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