Lecture 1:Concepts and Tools Flashcards
What is Business?
To advertise and sell or to be a serivce of an innovative good/product to customers and maintain money income.
List all 9 sections in a business model
- Key Partners
- Key Activities
- Key Resources
- Offering
- Relationships
- Channels
- Customer Segments
- Cost structure
- Revenue streams
What three concepts make up the “core business structure”?
- Business Strategy
- Information and technology
- Business Model
Give 4 examples of IT and Business scenarios
- IT as a business
- IT within a business
- Strategic impact of IT
- A business perspective on IT
List an example of each of the 4 business scenarios.
- IT as a business - IT products
- IT within a business - digital marketing
- Strategic impact of IT - strategic partnership with IT companies
- A business Perspective on IT - IT project management
What is a product?
More then just a physical object. Can be a service, can be someones attention, people, places, homes, organisations, a whole Eco-system that satisfies a need or a want in exchange for money or something else in value.
What else does products offer?
Consumer value! What the customer appreciates - quality, convenience, on-time delivery.
There are two distinctive ideas products offer? What is the example given in class?
I could either buy a lawn mower OR hire a company to do it for me. All depends on consumer value.
Three way to create Goods.
- produce hardware - computer, devices, server
- develop software - programs, websites, apps
- creating information - videos, music/guides, processes
Two types of providing a service?
- Personal services - consulting, support
2. Technical Service - cloud, hosting, security
What is a service?
An interaction, between a customer or client and a service provider in relevance to either a product or either another aspect that is beneficial for them.
What are the 6 new business models?
- Direct Product or service sale
1a. Direct digital product or service sale - Commission based Sale
2a. Digital Product commission sale - Subscription or rental of services
- Advertising
- Infomediary
- Other Business Models
Explain Direct Product or Service Sale Model
Directed direct from wholesaler to customer, and cutting out retailers. E.g Woolworths, David Jones. This model creates a disadvantaged to normal distribution network. However; on the plus, it can decrease business rent.
List Direct digital products
A. Commercial reports B. Video capture services C. Security and other software D. Web creation E. Libraries used in development F. Web hosting, telecoms (Skype) e.g writing an essay - buy to get a copy online
What are Commission based sales?
- Transaction Broker - PayPal, Credit-Card, B-PAY all take transaction fees
- Marketplace - Apple app Store and E-bay takes commissions from fixed-price products
- Auction Broker - E-bay creates auctions. They then take commission from sales of other peoples products via their marketplace services
- Virtual Mall - Amazon allows “shops” to sell a variety of products, providing delivery and payment options for the sellers.