Lecture E-commerce and e-business for managers - Chapter 1: Introduction to e-business and e-commerce. This chapter includes contents: Introduction: transitioning to the web, history of the internet, history of the web, internet and world wide web development, e-business and e-commerce overview, a word of caution.
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and eCommerce
Outline
1.1 Introduction: Transitioning to the Web
1.2 History of the Internet
1.3 History of the Web
1.4 Internet and World Wide Web Development
1.5 eBusiness and eCommerce Overview
1.6 A Word of Caution
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Web
• The Internet has changed the way people
communicate, conduct business and manage their daily lives
• Technologies reviewed
• Resources used
Trang 31.2 History of the Internet
• Advanced Research Projects Agency of the
Department of Defense (ARPA)
– Implemented the ARPAnet, the grandparent of today’s
Internet
• Packet switching
– Digital data is sent in small packages called packets
• Packets
– Contain data, address information, errorcontrol information and sequencing information
• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
– ensures that messages are properly routed from sender to receiver and that those messages arrived intact
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• Internetworking Protocol (IP)
– Enabled the intercommunication of interorganization and intraorganization networks
• The Internet was initially limited to universities and research institutions
• Bandwidth
– The information carrying capacity of communications lines
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• World Wide Web
– Locate and view multimediabased documents on almost any subject
– Makes information instantly and conveniently accessible
worldwide – Possible for individuals and small businesses to get
worldwide exposure – Changing the way business is done
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Development
• Computer use is increasing in almost every field
of endeavor
• Dramatic decrease in the cost of computing
• Enhanced multimedia capabilities
• Increased publishing and learning opportunities
• Enhanced communication technologies
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Overview
• Successful ebusinesses are those that recognize the needs of their target audiences and match those needs with relevant content
• Seasoned professionals and young entrepreneurs
• eCommerce
– Involves exchanges among customers, business partners and the vendor
• eBusiness
– Includes operations that are handled within the business
itself
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Overview
• Intense competition
• Businesses must adjust to new technologies and implement new systems
• Customized production capabilities
• Finding and keeping key employees
• 24by7 maintenance responsibilities
• Must be reliable, fast, functional and user friendly
• Brickandmortar businesses
– Businesses that have only a physical presence
• Clickandmortar businesses
– Businesses that have both an online and an offline presence
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Overview
• Virtual office
– All communications are conducted via phone, voice mail, fax, email and the emerging capabilities of the Internet
• Personalization
– Tailoring Web pages to users’ individual preferences and letting users bypass irrelevant content
• Copyright infringement
• Privacy invasion
– The sale of personal data to another organization without the consumer’s knowledge
– Tracking of Internet activity
– Unauthorized access to creditcard numbers, medical history and criminal history
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• Campusfoods.com
• Developed by students at the University of
Pennsylvania
• Serves approximately 150 colleges and
universities around the United States
• Built on investments made by private investors, family members and friends
• Revenue is generated by a percentage taken from transaction fees
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Trang 121.6 A Word of Caution
• Avoid
– Poor management
– Ineffective marketing
– Illdesigned logistics
– Unrealistic expectations
• Recognize the difficulty of finding funding and going public
• Finding space
• Hiring employees