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Seminar 4 – Part 1 E-Business and E-Commerce Ref: Chapter 6. Learning Objectives. Describe electronic commerce, its scope, benefits, limitations, and types. Explain how online auctions and bartering work.
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Learning Objectives • Describe electronic commerce, its scope, benefits, limitations, and types. • Explain how online auctions and bartering work. • Understand the major applications of business-to-consumer commerce, including service industries and the major issues faced by e-tailers. • Describer business-to-business applications. • Explain why intrabusiness and B2E are considered e-commerce.
Learning Objectives cont’d 6. Describe e-government activities and consumer-to-consumer e-commerce. • Identify the e-commerce support services, specifically payments and logistics. • Understand the importance and activities of online advertising. • Identify and describe ethical and legal issues relating to e-commerce.
Problem – Leader & target for Compaq.Losses exceed $100 million. • Solution – Rapid expansion with selling via online. • Result – Leading systems provider in US; second worldwide. Fortune’s top 5 “Most Admired” companies since 1999.By-product – sell refurbished Dell computers.
Dell’s Vast Customer Base Business-to-Business Dell becomes British Airways' preferred partner Intel invests $23 million in three Indian firms
Dell’s Vast Customer Base – cont’d How Dell Does IT: Order Management Online self-learning about Dell products along with IT & management topics Training services
E-Business(EC) and E-commerce (EB) • EC or EB • Pure vs Partial EC – Degree of Digitization • EC Organisation • Brick-and-Motor Click-and-MotorVirtual
EC Transactions • B2B • C-COMMERCE • B2C (e-tailing) • C2C • B2B2C • C2B • INTRABUSINESS • G2C, G2G, G2B
Click-&-mortar vs Brick-&-mortar organizations More shoppers proceed to checkout online…………
Social Commerce – Company-sponsored Socially Oriented Sites to Bring People Together Hannah Montana TheirSpace.com
E-Market Trends Virtual Greats Profile
Major EC Mechanisms • e-market • e-catalogues • e-auctions – soliciting bids from/by buyers and sellers • Forward auction – for sale by sellers • Reverse Auctions – buyer puts request for quote • E-bartering
Electronic Catalogs All of Your Suppliers’ Products in One Online Catalog
E-Classifieds stores eBay case study business
Bartering & Negotiations The New Age of Bartering
B2C Applications • E-storefronts – one shop – 1 URL • E-malls – collection of shops – 1 URL • Cyberbanking • Online Securities Trading • Online Job Markets • E-Travel • E-Real Estate • E-Entertainment
Electronic Malls shopping
Amazon – King of E-Tailing Jeff Bezos: The Wizard Of Web Retailing Last Founder Standing The Future of Reading America's Best Leaders: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO The founder of the massive online retailer is a true Internet pioneer
Customisation and Personalisation • The key to successful e-trading
Issues in E-Tailing • Resolving channel conflict • Resolving conflicts within click-and-motor organisations • Organising order fulfillment and logistics • Determining the viability and risk of e-tailers • Identify appropriate revenue models
B2B Applications • Only businesses • Sell-side marketplace – buyer is the organisation • Buy-side marketplaces – • Reverse auctions • E-procurement • Public exchanges
E-Government to C2C • B2E – organizations disseminate information to employees over company intranet. • E2E – employees communicate with each other. I.e.: goods & services bought & sold among fellow employees. • SBU/SBU – company owned dealerships buy goods & services from main company. Improves internal supply chain operations. • E-Collaborative – digital technologies that enable collaboration. • E-Government – delivers information & services to citizens, business partners & suppliers. I.e.: G2C, G2B, G2G.
EC Support Services • Market Research for EC • Web Advertising • E-Payments – Table 6.4
Credit Cards How e-credit cards work. (The numbers 1-9 indicate the sequence of activities.) (Source: Drawn by E. Turban.)
E-Wallet The use of a mobile phone as an e-wallet. (Source: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images.)
Ethical and Legal Issues in EB and EC • Privacy • Web tracking - draw back of extensive profiling and personalisation • Loss of jobs • Buyer protection • Seller protection
Managerial Issues • E-Commerce failures – common. Solid business analyses a must. • Failed initiatives within an organization. • Success stories & lessons learned should be shared. • Managing resistance to change. • Integration into business overall. • Lack of qualified personnel & outsourcing. • Managing impact on organization. • Alliances can be very helpful & productive. • Choosing appropriate strategy.