E-commerce

Question 2

Is the Web a worldwide network of computer networks?

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Does the term e-business refer to the digital enabling of transactions and processes involving an exchange of value across organizational boundaries?

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Does ubiquity enhance customer convenience?

Answer 4

true

Question 5

Does e-commerce being conducted on the basis of universal standards reduce search costs?

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Does price discovery refer to the ability of merchants to segment the market into groups willing to pay different prices?

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Does cost transparency refer to the ability of consumers to discover the actual costs merchants pay for products?

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Does personalization involve targeting marketing messages to specific individuals by adjusting the message based upon a consumer’s preferences or past purchasing behavior?

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Does the Internet provide a unique many-to-many model of mass communication?

Answer 9

true

Question 10

Is social e-commerce the largest type of e-commerce?

Answer 10

false

Question 11

Has the internet shown extraordinary growth patterns compared to other electronic technologies of the past?

Answer 11

true

Question 12

Did the emergence of mobile, social, and local e-commerce occur during the Consolidation period of e-commerce?

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Is the Reinvention period of e-commerce as much a sociological phenomenon as it is a technological or business phenomenon?

Answer 13

true

Question 14

Is the online marketplace characterized by persistent price dispersion?

Answer 14

false

Question 15

Is the future of e-commerce likely to include a decrease in government regulation both in China and worldwide?

Answer 15

true

Question 16

Which of the following is not a major business trend in e-commerce currently?

Answer 16

A) Social e-commerce continues to grow.