E-Commerce

=E-Commerce=

According to Beekman, "Electronic Commerce, or e-commerce, is the process of sharing business information, maintaining business relationships and conducting business transactions through the use of telecommunications networks." Reference: [|Computer Confluence] by George Beekman, Chapter 13 See the [|PPT] for this chapter See **How Stuff Works** for [|E-Commerce]

Case Study Assignment
A case study is to be made of how a business can use e-commerce to prosper. E-commerce topics can include teleshopping, online marketing, data mining, spyware. More information about the E-Commerce Case Study.

Glossary Terms for Ch.13 E-Commerce (Beekman)
See the entire [|online glossary] accompanying the Computer Confluence text.
 * **business-to-business (B2B)** || E-commerce transactions that involve businesses providing goods or services to other businesses. ||
 * **business-to-consumer (B2C)** || E-commerce transactions that involve businesses providing goods or services to consumers. ||
 * **business-to-employee (B2E)** || Another name for the B2B model when the focus is primarily on handling the activities that take place within the organization. ||
 * **consumer-to-consumer (C2C)** || The e-commerce model which represents individuals, organizations, or companies that are selling and buying directly with each other via the Internet. ||
 * **customer relationship management (CRM)** || Software systems for organizing and tracking information on customers. ||
 * **dot coms** || Internet-based companies. ||
 * **e-commerce software** || Programs on a Web server that provide the commercial services to consumers and business partners on the Web site. ||
 * **electronic commerce (e-commerce)** || Business transactions through electronic networks. ||
 * **electronic payment system** || An online credit card transaction in which a trusted third party transfers funds from one person or business to another, thereby concealing the credit card information of the buyer to the seller. ||
 * **extranets** || Private TCP/IP networks designed for outside use by customers, clients, and business partners of an organization. These networks are typically for electronic commerce. ||
 * **intranet** || A self-contained intraorganizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. ||
 * **m-commerce** || Mobile commerce, in which workers use laptops and wireless handheld devices to take their offices with them wherever they travel. ||
 * **virtual private network (VPN)** || A network that uses encryption software to create secure "tunnels" through the public Internet or between intranets, a method an organization can use to set up an extranet. ||
 * **Web hosting service** || A service that provides the e-commerce software expertise to run an online business. ||