E-Business Chapter 1
E-commerce Developments and Themes- 2003
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Use of the Internet to conduct commerce
deepening of e-commerce channel
Broadband and wireless Internet access
refined e-commerce business models (→ higher levels of profitability)
But at societal level: continued conflict over copyrights, content regulation, taxation, privacy, and Internet fraud and abuse.
E-commerce
E-business
E-commerce involves digitally enabled commercial transactions between and among organizations and individuals
→ Digitally enabled transactions: all transactions mediated by digital technology
→ Commercial transactions: exchange of value across organizational or individual boundaries in return for products or service. We
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Technology and E-commerce in Perspective
First, the Internet and Web are just two of a long list of technologies, such as automobiles and radio, that have followed a similar historical path:
• Creation of business models designed to leverage the technology and explosive early growth, followed by retrenchment and then a long-term successful exploitation of the technology by larger established firms
Second, although e-commerce has grown explosively, eventually its growth will cap as it confronts its own fundamental limitations.
Potential Limitations on the Growth of B2C E-commerce
Expensive technology (although currently a limitation, may become less so as prices of entry-level PCs fall)
Complex software interface (Integration with television may reduce this)
Sophisticated skill set (this limitation may recede as PC operating system evolves, becomes more simple)
Persistent cultural attraction of physical markets and traditional shopping experiences
Persistent global inequality limiting access to telephones and computers
E-commerce I: 1995-2000
E-commerce I: A period of explosive growth and extraordinary innovation; key concepts developed and
It seems that the companies, who obtain these technologies, obtain a significant head start in the industry.
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* The strategies that were employed and which ones contributed most to the innovation’s success.