Learn About e-Business "E-Business commonly integrates important business activities (Shin, 2005)."

e-Business

Concept Overview

e-Business Definition

e-Business broadly encompasses "marketing, buying, selling, delivering, servicing, and paying for products, services, and information across networks linking an enterprise and its prospects, customers, agents, suppliers, competitors, allies and complementors" (Shin, 2005).

e-Business Description *

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Business Evidence

e-Business Strengths *

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Examples of e-Business *

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Business Application

e-Business Implementation *

Success Factors of e-Business *

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Professional Tools

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Further Reading

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e-Business References (4 of up to 20) *

  • Brynjolfsson, E., Hu, Y. and Smith, M.D. (2006) From Niches to Riches: The Anatomy of the Long Tail. Sloan Management Review, Vol. 47(4), pp. 67-71.
  • BusinessLink (2011) E-Commerce. Gov.uk web portal, [Online] available at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073866263
  • Curran, K., McCartney, D. and Elder, K. (2006) The Power of Long Tail. Journal of Information Technology Impact, Vol. 6(3), pp. 129-34.
  • Jelassi, T. and Enders, A. (2004) Strategies for E-Business: Creating Value through Electronic and Mobile Commerce. FT/Prentice Hall, England.

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