E-Commerce and Business Process E-Commerce Defined E- commerce as modern business methodology Characteristics of internet and traditional markets Benefits of E-commerce Critical Success Factors of E-commerce E-commerce applications Types of E-commerce business models Security and legal issues Apple Company and E-commerce Business and E-Commerce Implementation of E-commerce Conventional market approach vs. modern market approach E-Commerce Applications Types of E-Commerce models E- commerce defined: E-commerce is broadly described as "utilizing online sources as well as tools to perform business in a far better way - more effectively

E-Commerce In basic terms, business to consumer (B2C) e-commerce can be said to be a transaction-based relationship that exists between a given business' website and the consumer. This transactional relationship is sparked when the end user logs onto a certain business' website with an aim of procuring a good or service. In this case, on selection of the product he or she is interested in, the consumer is prompted to pay

E-Commerce Information Systems The situation facing one insurance company is that growth is good, so good the company is expanding rapidly and needs to implement a database system to store client details and general information, to be accessed by other employees as needed. The knowledge held within the company is currently divided between existing paper-based systems, the computer systems, and members of the staff. The company at this time has 4

E-Commerce and Business Redesign The e-banking business faces many of the same roadblocks as the rest of the retail sector, when it comes to wide spread usage and acceptance of their e-banking systems. The focus of this research will be to explore the effect of the Internet on the traditional brick and mortar retail bank. E-banking still faces many roadblocks in the re-engineering of the banking system. The research in this

E-Commerce Communications Electronic commerce or e-commerce is the term used to describe all forms of information exchange and business transactions based on information and communication technologies. There are different types of formal definitions of e-commerce, but the wide scope involved has resulted in many definitions focusing on only certain aspects. A fairly comprehensive definition covers e-commerce from four different perspectives (Kalakota and Whinston, 1997, p.38) - communications, business process, service and

E-commerce in the case of McDonald's could facilitate the company's cost leadership through the elimination of intermediaries. Further, it can be noted that McDonald's could enhance its competitive advantage through e-commerce by becoming the first retailer in its industry to introduce new innovations in relation to e-commerce. This would allow the organization to gain a distinctive early competitive advantage. Companies that have successfully attained an early competitive advantage through