E-Commerce Fundamentals

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What is the main reason to study e-commerce?

  • To analyze e-commerce ideas, models, and issues (correct)
  • To understand the evolution of e-commerce from its early years to today
  • To describe the major types of e-commerce
  • To identify the major academic disciplines contributing to e-commerce

What is e-commerce, in formal terms?

  • The evolution of e-commerce from its early years to today
  • The use of Internet to sell products
  • The use of mobile browsers and apps to transact business
  • Digitally enabled commercial transactions between and among organizations and individuals (correct)

What is a characteristic of the first 20 years of e-commerce?

  • Rapid growth and change (correct)
  • No disruptions to traditional business models
  • No opportunities for business
  • Slow growth and change

What is a theme underlying the study of e-commerce?

<p>The importance of understanding e-commerce opportunities and risks (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of an on-demand service company?

<p>Uber (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of e-business?

<p>Digital enabling of transactions and processes within a firm, involving information systems under firm's control (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a unique feature of e-commerce technology?

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What is the term for e-commerce that takes place using mobile devices?

<p>M-commerce (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between e-commerce and e-business?

<p>E-commerce involves commercial transactions, while e-business involves digital enabling of transactions within a firm (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for e-commerce that involves transactions between businesses?

<p>B2B e-commerce (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Introduction to E-Commerce

  • E-commerce refers to the use of the internet to transact business, including web, mobile browsers, and apps.
  • It involves digitally enabled commercial transactions between and among organizations and individuals.

The Difference between E-Commerce and E-Business

  • E-business refers to the digital enabling of transactions and processes within a firm, involving information systems under the firm's control.
  • E-business does not include commercial transactions involving an exchange of value across organizational boundaries.

Technological Building Blocks Underlying E-Commerce

  • Internet
  • World Wide Web (including HTML)
  • Deep Web versus "surface" Web
  • Mobile platform (including mobile apps)
  • All forms of e-commerce show very strong growth
  • Mobile platform has made mobile e-commerce a reality
  • Increased online social interaction and sharing

Unique Features of E-Commerce Technology

  • Ubiquity
  • Global reach
  • Universal standards
  • Information richness
  • Interactivity
  • Information density
  • Personalization/customization
  • Social technology

Types of E-Commerce

  • Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
  • Business-to-Business (B2B)
  • Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
  • Mobile e-commerce (M-commerce)
  • Social e-commerce
  • Local e-commerce

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