E-Business Technologies

enable the electronic transmission of

business transactions or other related
information between a buyer and seller.
given the U.S. origins of the Internet,
the legal and regulatory environment in
the United States has played a major
role in initially shaping the Internets
capabilities
for e-business

Brief History of The Internet

Legal and Regulatory
Environment

the procurement of supplies via the

Internet can increase a companys power
over its suppliers
opportinities

the size of a potential market can be

greatly expanded
distribution channels between the
traditional company and its customers
can be eliminated
there is greater competition based on
price because the Internet makes it
more difficult to keep product or service
offerings proprietary

Strategic E-Business
Opportunities (And Threats)

the widening of the geographic markets

results in an increase in the number of
competitors
threats

E-Business
Systems

the Internet reduces or eliminates some

traditional barriers, such as the need for
an in-person sales force
customers have more bargaining power
because they can see prices for the
same or similar products by just looking
at Web sites and can easily switch to a
competitor

reduce the cycle times for doing

business with customers and suppliers

B2B Applications

decrease the costs of doing business

with automated transaction handling and
the elimination of paper documents
improve coordination across business partners

Two Dot-Com Retallers

B2C Applications

the growth of B2C e-business worldwide

is dependent on the number of potential
consumers that have Internet access

Amazon.com
Netflix.com

Two Traditional Catalog Retaller

Two Traditional Store Retallers

e-business via the Internet has also of

course led to another phenomenon: the
formation of new dot-com intermediaries

Dot.Com Intermediaries

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the three dot-com examples described in

this section
provide one or more of these types of
online services

eBay
Google
Facebook

Dell.com
Landsend.com
Staples.com