E-business (electronic business) is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling but also servicing customers and collaborating with business partners. In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: e-business = Web + I/T; C2C, B2C, B2B, C2A, B2A; E banks, E trade etc etc; infrastructure, virtual market, security. | E- Business Technology and Networks LECTURE 11 What is E-business? E-business (electronic business) is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling but also servicing customers and collaborating with business partners. The processes and tools that allow an organization to use Internet-based technologies and infrastructure, both internally and externally, to conduct day to day business process operations. Stands for electronic business and refers to any kind of sales, services, purchasing or commerce on the Internet. A new-tech jargon word used more for marketing than for technical description. Most commonly it broadly refers to conducting business over the Internet (email and web) by communicating and perhaps transacting (buying and selling) with customers, suppliers, and business partners. [ [ [ [ What is E-business? e-business Using internet technologies to transform key business processes Web Universal Access Standards IT Data Applications Core business processes Reliability, security and availablitiy e-business = Web + I/T E-business types: CONSUMERS C2C BUSINESS B2B ADMINISTRATION C2A B2C B2A What is Consumers to Consumers (C2C) ? Abbreviation for consumer-to-consumer commerce; that is, commerce with no middle business people The most notable examples are Web-based auction and classified as sites. Most large venues for such models (for example, eBay and Classifieds2000) are quickly permeated by consumers who participate so actively and regularly that they become small businesses for them. [ C2C stands for consumer to consumer electronic commerce. The Internet has facilitated new types of C2C although it is important to note that this kind of commerce -- in the form of barter, yard sales, flea markets, swap meets, and the like -- has existed since time immemorial. Notably, most of the highly successful C2C examples using the Internet actually use some type of corporate intermediary and are thus not strictly "pure play" examples of . | E- Business Technology and Networks LECTURE 11 What is E-business? E-business (electronic business) is the conducting of business on the Internet, not only buying and selling but also servicing customers and collaborating with business partners. The processes and tools that allow an organization to use Internet-based technologies and infrastructure, both internally and externally, to conduct day to day business process operations. Stands for electronic business and refers to any kind of sales, services, purchasing or commerce on the Internet. A new-tech jargon word used more for marketing than for technical description. Most commonly it broadly refers to conducting business over the Internet (email and web) by communicating and perhaps transacting (buying and selling) with customers, suppliers, and business partners. [ [ [ [ What is E-business? e-business Using internet technologies to transform key business processes Web Universal Access Standards IT Data Applications Core business .
