M1 Overview of E-commerce Flashcards
refers to using the Internet and intranets to purchase, sell, transport, or trade data, goods, or services.
Electronic commerce (EC)
conducting all kinds of business online such as servicing customers, collaborating with business partners, delivering e-learning, and conducting electronic transactions within an organization.
E-business
EC can be conducted in an
electronic market
an online location where buyers and sellers conduct commercial transaction such as selling goods, services, or information. Any individual can also open a market selling products or services online.
e- marketplace
Electronic markets are connected to sellers and buyers via the _______ or to its counterpart within organizations, an_________ .
Internet, intranet
An_________ is a corporate or government internal network that uses Internet tools, such as Web browsers and Internet protocols.
intranet
a network that uses Internet technology to link intranets of several organizations in a secure manner.
extranet
In general, selling and buying electronically can be either
business-to consumer (B2C) or business-to-business (B2B).
Online transactions are made between businesses and individual consumers in
B2C
Sellers, buyers, intermediaries, information systems and technology specialists, other employees, and any other participants.
People
Legal and other policy and regulatory issues, such as privacy protection and taxation, which are determined by governments. Included are technical standards and compliance
Public policy
Like any other business, EC usually requires the support of marketing and advertising. This is especially important in B2C online transactions, in which the buyers and sellers usually do not know each other.
Marketing and advertising
Many services are needed to support EC. These range from content creation to payments to order delivery.
Support services
Joint ventures, exchanges, and business partnerships of various types are common in EC. These occur frequently throughout the supply chain (i.e., the interactions between a company and its suppliers, customers,
and other partners).
Business partnerships
refers to transactions between and among organizations. Today, about 85% of EC volume is B2B. For Dell, the entire wholesale transaction is B2B. Dell buys most of its parts through e-commerce, and sells its products to businesses (B2B) and individuals (B2C) using e-commerce.
Business-to-business (B2B) EC
includes retail transactions of products or services from businesses to individual shoppers. The typical shopper at Amazon.com is of this type. Since the sellers are usually retailers, we also call this type e-tailing .
Business-to-consumer (B2C) EC
a business (B1) sells a product to another business (B2). B2 then sells, or gives away, the product to individuals who may be B2’s own customers or employees.
Business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) EC
people use the Internet to sell products or services to individuals and organizations. Alternatively, individuals use C2B to bid on products or services.
Consumer-to-business (C2B)