Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Society
Fourteenth Edition
Chapter 1
Introduction to
E-commerce
• Class Discussion
– Have you used Uber or any other on-demand service
companies?
– What is the appeal of these companies for users and
providers?
– Are there any negative consequences to the
increased use of on-demand services like Uber and
Airbnb?
• E-business:
– Digital enabling of transactions and processes within
a firm, involving information systems under firm’s
control
– Does not include commercial transactions involving
an exchange of value across organizational
boundaries
• Internet
• World Wide Web
– HTML
– Deep Web v s. “surface” Web
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• Mobile platform
– Mobile apps
• Class Discussion
– What are the advantages and disadvantages of apps,
compared with websites, for mobile users?
– What are the benefits of apps for content owners and
creators?
– Will apps eventually make the Web irrelevant? Why or
why not?
1. Ubiquity
2. Global reach
3. Universal standards
4. Information richness
5. Interactivity
6. Information density
7. Personalization/customization
8. Social technology
• Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
• Business-to-Business (B2B)
• Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C)
• Mobile e-commerce (M-commerce)
• Social e-commerce
• Local e-commerce
• Precursors
– Baxter Healthcare modem-based system
– Order entry systems
– Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards
– French Minitel
• 1995–2000: Invention
– Sale of simple retail goods
– Limited bandwidth and media
– Euphoric visions of
▪ Friction-free commerce
▪ First-mover advantages
– Dot-com crash of 2000
• 2001–2006: Consolidation
– Emphasis on business-driven approach
– Traditional large firms expand presence
– Start-up financing shrinks
– More complex products and services sold
– Growth of search engine advertising
– Business web presences expand
• 2007–Present: Reinvention
– Rapid growth of:
▪ Web 2.0, including online social networks
▪ Mobile platform
▪ Local commerce
▪ On-demand service economy
– Entertainment content develops as source of
revenues
– Transformation of marketing
• Class Discussion
– What are the benefits of investing in a company that
Rocket Internet has launched?
– Is an incubator the best solution for start-ups to find
funding? Why or why not?
– Why is Rocket Internet controversial?
• Other surprises
– Fast-follower advantages
– Start-up costs
– Impact of mobile platform
– Emergence of on-demand e-commerce
• Technology:
– Development and mastery of digital computing and
communications technology
• Business:
– New technologies present businesses with new ways
of organizing production and transacting business
• Society:
– Intellectual property, individual privacy, public welfare
policy
• Class discussion:
– Why are social networks interested in collecting user
information?
– What types of privacy invasion are described in the
case? Which is the most privacy-invading, and why?
– Is e-commerce any different than traditional markets
with respect to privacy? Don’t merchants always want
to know their customer?
– How do you protect your privacy on the Web?
• Technical
– Computer science, management science, information
systems
• Behavioral
– Information systems research, economics, marketing,
management, finance/accounting, sociology