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Chapter 1, Introduction to eBusiness
and eCommerce
Outline
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1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
Introduction: Transitioning to the Web
History of the Internet
History of the Web
Internet and World Wide Web Development
eBusiness and eCommerce Overview
A Word of Caution
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1.1 Introduction: Transitioning to the
Web
• The Internet has changed the way people
communicate, conduct business and manage their
daily lives
• Technologies reviewed
• Resources used
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1.2 History of the Internet
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• 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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1.2 History of the Internet
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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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1.3 History of the World Wide Web
• 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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1.4 Internet and World Wide Web
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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1.5 eBusiness and eCommerce
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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1.5 eBusiness and eCommerce
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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1.5 eBusiness and eCommerce
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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1.5 Campusfoods.com Feature
• 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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1.5 Campusfoods.com Feature
Campusfoods.com home page. (Courtesy of Campusfoods.com.)
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1.6 A Word of Caution
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Poor management
Ineffective marketing
Illdesigned logistics
Unrealistic expectations
• Recognize the difficulty of finding funding and
going public
• Finding space
• Hiring employees
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