Chapter 4 Flashcards

Study for Chapter 4. Exam 2

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Electronic Commerce

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Exchanges of goods and service via the Internet among and between customers, firms, employees, business partners, suppliers, and so - on.

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Business to Consumer

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Transactions between business and their customers. Ex. A person buys a book from Amazon.com

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Business to Business

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Transactions among businesses. Ex. A manufacturer conducts business over the Web with it’s suppliers.

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Business to Employee

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Transactions between businesses and their employees. Ex. An employee uses the Web to make a change in his or her health benefits

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Consumer to business

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Transactions between customers and businesses. Ex. A person offers his photography at shutterstock.com

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Consumer to Consumer

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Transactions between people not necessarily working together Ex. A person purchases some memorabilia from another person via ebay.com

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Government to Citizen

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Transactions between a government and it’s citizens. Ex. A person files his or her income taxes online

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Government to Business

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Transactions between a government and businesses. Ex. A government purchases supplies using an internet-enabled procurement system

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Government to Government

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Transaction among Governments. Ex. A state agency reports birth and death information to the U.S. Social Security Administration using the Internet

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Global information dissemination

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Products and service can be marketed over vast distances. Ex. Almost anyone can access amazon.com

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Integration

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Web sites can be linked to corporate databases to provide real-time access to personalized information. Ex. Customer can check account balances at www.alaskaair.com

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Mass Customization

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Firms can tailor their products and services to meet a customers particular needs. Ex. Customers can build their own messenger bag on www.timbuk2.com

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Interactive Communication

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Companies can communicate with customers improving their image of responsiveness Ex. Customer can receive real-time computer support from www.geeksquad.com

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Collaboration

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Different departments of a company can use the Web to collaborate. Ex. Virgin Megastores uses a collaboration site to improve managers’ efficiency.

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Transactional Support

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Clients and businesses can conduct business online without human support. Ex. Customers can build and purchase their own PC online without human interaction on www.dell.com

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Disintermediation

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The phenomenon of cutting out the ‘middleman’ in transactions and reaching customers more directly and efficiently

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Reintermediation

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The design of business models that reintroduce middlemen in order to reduce the chaos brought on by disintermediation

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Brick and Mortar business strategy

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A business approach exclusively utilizing physical locations, such as department stores, business offices, and manufacturing plants, without an online presence

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Click Only Business strategy

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A business approach that exclusively utilizes an online presence. COmpanies using this strategy are also referred to as virtual companies

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Click and Mortar Business strategy

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A business approach utilizing both physical locations and virtual locations. Also referred to as ‘brick and clicks’

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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

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The digital, or electronic, transmission of business documents and related data between organizations via dedicated telecommunications networks

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Extranets

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A private website used by firms and companies for business to business interactions

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Supplier Portals

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A subset of an organization’s extranet designed to automate the business processes that occur before, during, and after sales have been transacted between a single buyer and multiple suppliers. Also referred to as a “sourcing portal” or “procurement portal”

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Customer portals

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Enterprise portal designed to automate the business processes that occur before, during, and after sales have been transacted between the supplier and multiple customers.

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Business to business marketplaces

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A training exchange operated by a third-party vendor, not associated with a particular buyer or supplier.

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Intranets

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An internal, private network using web technologies to facilitate the secure transmission of proprietary information within an organization, thereby limiting access to authorize users within the organization

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Web analytics

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The process of analyzing Web servers behavior to improve website performance

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Search marketing

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A form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility and search engines

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Search advertising

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Attempting to ensure that a companies website is the first site a user sees when searching for a specific term

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Search engine optimization

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Methods for improving a sites ranking in search engine results

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Pricing models

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A model of the way prices are set within a market for a given good

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Pay per click

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A payment model used in online advertising where the advertiser pays the website owner a fee for visitors visiting a certain link.

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Click through rate

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The ratio of servers to click on an ad, divided by the number of times it was displayed

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Affiliate marketing

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A type of marketing that allows individual website owners to earn revenue by posting other companies ads on their webpages.

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M – commerce

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Any electronic transaction or information interaction conducted using a wireless, mobile device and mobile networks

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Forms of M – commerce

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Online purchasing of goods or services, in-store purchases, directory/store – Finder services, — wallets, vending machine purchases, stock trading in other investments, paying bills

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E911

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Enhanced 911; a part of a federal mandate to improve the effectiveness and reliability of 911 service

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E – government

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The use of information systems to provide citizens, organizations, and other governmental agencies with information about and access to public services

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Digital rights management

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A technological solution that allows publishers to control their digital media to discourage, limit, or prevent illegal copying and distribution.