MGT 300 CHAPTER 13 : E-BUSINESS
LEARNING OUTCOMES :
- Compare e-commerce and e-business
- Compare the four types of e-business models
- Describe the benefits and challenges associated with e-business
- Explain the differences among e-shops, e-malls, and online auctions
- E-COMMERCE AND E-BUSINESS
*E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet which is online transaction.
*E-business is the conducting of business on the internet including not only buying and selling but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners.
- E-BUSINESS
- E-BUSINESS MODELS
*E-business model is an approach to conducting electronic business on the internet
- Business-to-Business (B2B)
-Electronic marketplace (e-marketpalce) : interactive business communities providing a central market where multiple buyers and sellers can engage in e-business activities.
-Electronic marketplaces is present for conducting commercial exchange, consolidating supply chains and creating new sales channels.
- Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
-Common B2C e-business models include :
*e-shop is a version of a retail store where customers can shop at any hour of the day without leaving their home or office.
*e-mall is consists of a number of e-shops it is serves as a gateway through which a visitor can access other e-shops.
-Business types :
*Brick and mortar business : operates in a physical store without an internet presence
*Pure play business : a business that operates on the internet only without a physical store
*Click and mortar business : a business that operates in a physical store and on the internet
- Consumer-to-Business
-The demand for C2B e-business will increase over the next few years due to customer's desire for greater convenience and lower prices .
- Priceline.com is an example of a C2B e-business models
- Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
*Electronic auction (e-auction) : sellers and buyers solicit consecutive bids from each other and prices are determined dynamically
*Forward auction : sellers use as a selling channel to many buyers and the highest bid wins
*Reverse auction : buyers use to purchase a product or services selecting the seller with the lowest bid.
-C2C communities incude :
- Communities of interest : people interact with other on specific topics such as golfing and stamp collecting
- Communities of relations : people come together to share certain life experience such as cancer patient,and senior citizen
- Communities of fantasy : people participate in imaginary environment such as fantasy football teams.
- E-BAY
- E-BUSINESS BENEFITS
- Highly accessible : businesses can operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year
- Increased customer loyalty : additional channels to contact, respond to and access customers helps contribute to customers loyalty
- Improved information content : customers had to order catalogs or travel to a physical facility before they could compare price and product attributes
- Increased convenience : e-business automates and improves many of the activities that make up a buying experiences.
- Increased global reach : business both small and large can reach new markets
- Decreased cost : the cost of conducting business on the internet is substantially smaller than traditional forms of business communications
- E-BUSINESS CHALLENGES
- Identifying limited market segments : the main challenge of e-business us the lack of growth in some sectors due to product or service limitation
- Managing consumer trust : must develop a trustworthy relationship to make that initial sale and generate customers loyalty
- Ensuring consumer protection : implement internet security, protect from misuse of customer information
- Adhere to taxation rules : companies that operates online must obey a patchwork of rules about which customers are subject to sale tax on their purchase and which are not
- MASHUPS
- is a web site or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a completely new service.
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