Ch 7 Ecommerce Flashcards

1
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how does ecommerce impact business

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  1. expand orgs reach
  2. easy to start your own business
  3. remove barriers
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Ebusiness

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broader than ecommerce, includes servicing customers, collaborating w other businesses, performing transactions within an org

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3
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Ecommerce

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process of buying selling exchanging g/s through computer networks

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4
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brick and mortar

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purely physical

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5
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virtual

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purely ecommerce

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6
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clicks and mortar

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mix of ecommerce and also store, primary physical

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7
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7 types of ecommerce

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B2C
B2B
C2C
B2E
E govt (g2c or g2b)
M-commerce
Social commerce
conversational commerce

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8
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B2BC

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both seller and buyer are businesses, this creates most of the EC volume

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9
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B2C

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sellers are orgs and buyers are consumers

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10
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C2C

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consumer to consumer- kijiji

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B2E

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business selling internally to emloyee
-> buying discounted stuff as an employee

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12
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e govt

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using internel tech to deliver info and public services to citizens (G2C) or businesses (G2B)

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13
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MOBILE COMMERCE

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e-commerce conducted wirelessly (using cell phones to shop internet)

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14
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social commerce

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delivering commerce throuhg social computing

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15
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conversational commerce

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electronic commerce using messaging and chat apps

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16
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e commerce mechanisms
-e catalogues
-e auctions
-e-storefrotns
-e-malls
-e marketplaces

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e catalogue: product database (searching for goods to shop)

e auction: competitiive buying and selling process using bidding

e storefront: one store

emall: collection of individual shops under one internet address

e marketplace: B2B e-COMMERCE

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17
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2 types of e-auctions

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forward auctions: sellers get bids from many buyers, highest wins (eBay)

reverse auction: buyer wants to get a service or product, requests a quotation, and suppliers bid

18
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e storefront vs e marketplace

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storefront: represents one store
marketplace: virtual market, many sellers

19
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why are elctronic pay mechanisms needed

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cuz a lot of businesses cant use cards esp b2b

  1. electronic cheques
  2. electronic cards(e credit card or e debit card (b2c shopping online); equivalent for b2b is a purchasing card; STORED VALUE MONEY CARDS; EMV SMART CARDS
  3. digital online payments (use a “payment gateway”= paypal)
20
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limitiations of EC

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  1. lack of universal standards
  2. developing countries cant
21
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7.1 table

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22
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what is more complex b2b or b2c in ec

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b2c

23
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e retailing

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direct sale of g/s thorugh e-storefronts and e-malls

24
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what is an online service

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like customers selling stuff online

25
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what is disintermediation

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an ongoging goal of online service industries, this is about removing middle men

26
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when is intermediation in online servicees good

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when there are a humongous amount of participants (job searches), and when info being exchanged is complex (tradings tocks)

27
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types of adblockers

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-blocks all ads
-ad blocks for profit
-ad blockers that collect data
- adblockers using freemium
-ad bloks pre installed w operating systems (to protect the users at the most basic level)

28
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issues in e-tailing:
1. channel condlict
2. order fulfilment
3. personalized prciing

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channel conflict: conflict for a store of which channel to sell from (think: walmart wants u in store)

order fulfilment: lots of steps and this is hard to do fast

personalized pricing: customers like standard pricing, but merchants want personalized pricing (so they get the max of what a customer is willing to pay)

29
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3 typess of b2b
1. sell side marketplaces
2. buy side marketplaces
3. electronic exchanges

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1.similar to b2c (catalogues and all) but both r businesses, there is auctioning, manufacturers, distributors and retailers all use this

  1. about PROCUREMENT, reverse auctions, group purchasing from suppliers
  2. public marketplace where parties can connect, then move to a private place
    THREE SUBTYPES
    -Vertical: buyers and sellers from same industry
    -Horizontal: b & s from many industries
    -Functional: temporary services (extra help, temporary offices etc)
30
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2 main ethical isues of EC

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  1. pricavy
  2. job loss
31
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legal and ethical issues in EC

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FRAUD

DOMAIN NAMES (competiiton)

Cybersquatting (registering names to profit off of someonelse)

Taxes and other fees (hard to tax when business is intl)

Copyright (IP rights violations)

32
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benefits of ecommerce

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  • naitonal and intl markets are more accessible
    -lower costs of processing, distributing, and retreving information
    -provides access to a vast number if products and servies 24/7
    -deliver info, servixes, and products to people in cities, rural areas, developing countries
33
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what are B2C e-commerce

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  1. electronic retailing
  2. electronic sotrefront
  3. e mall
34
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online service industries

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-disintermediation
-fintech
-oonline securities trading
-the online job market
-travel services
-online advertising

35
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issues in E-Tailing

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  1. channel conflict and multichanneling
  2. o rder fulfillment
  3. personalized pricing
36
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sell side marketplace

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  1. forward auctions
  2. electronic catalogues
  3. third party auction sites
37
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buy side marketplace

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  1. procurement
  2. purchasing
  3. reverse auction
  4. e-procurement
  5. group purchasing
38
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electronic exchanges

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  1. private exchanges
  2. three basic types of public exchanges
    -vertical exchanges
    -hortizontal exchanges
    -functional exchanges
39
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ethical issues from e commerce

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-threats to privacy
-potential job loss

40
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legal and ethical issues specific to e commerce

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-fraud on the internet
-domain names
-cybersquatting
-taxes and other fees
-copyright