1.
DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN E-COMMERCE AND E-BUSINESS
a.
e-commerce: all
electronically mediated transaction between organization and the third party it
deal with; exchange information across electronic network at any stage in
supply chain weather within an organization. the activities of e-commerce can
differ on two perspective, buy-side and sell-side. While the activities of
e-business not only buy-side and sell-side but also how to interact with all
company’s stakeholders. E-commerce
covers outward-facing processes that touch customers, suppliers and external
partners, including sales, marketing, order taking, delivery, customer service,
purchasing of raw materials and supplies for production and procurement of
indirect operating-expense items, such as office supplies. It involves new
business models and the potential to gain new revenue or lose some existing
revenue to new competitors.