09. E-business & tools Flashcards
What is e-business?
Application of information and communication technologies in support of all the activities of the business
What is e-commerce?
The activity of electronically buying or selling of products over the internet
Disrupting technology
New way of doing things that initially does not meet the needs of existing customers
Sustaining technology
Produces an improved product customers are eager to buy
Innovator’s Dilemma
Discusses how established companies can take advantage of disruptive technologies without hindering existing relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders
Examples of disruptive technology
Google maps WhatsApp Skype Netflix Airbnb Uber
World wide web (WWW)
Provides access to internet information through documents including text, graphics, audio and video files that use a special formatting language called HTML
Hypertext transport protocol
The internet protocol web browsers use to request and display web pages using URL
Reasons for growth of the WWW
Microcomputer revolution Advancements in networking Easy browser software Speed, convenience, and low cost of email Web pages easy to create and flexible
Web 1.0
One producer and mass consumption
Web 2.0
Mass production and mass consumption
Web 3.0
Mass production with pinpoint consumption
Internet’s impact on information (expanding global reach)
Easy to compile
Increased richness
Increased reach
Improved content
Opening new markets
Mass customisation (ability of an organisation to tailor its products or services to customers specifications) Personalisation (occurs when a company knows enough about a customers likes and dislikes that it can fashion offers more likely to appeal to that person)
What can clickstream data reveal?
Number of page views Pattern of websites visited Length of stay on a website Date and time visited Number of customers with shopping carts Number of abandoned shopping carts