Chapter 7 - E-Business

Chapter 7 starts off with a great phrase, when it comes to e-business "geography and time no longer matter". The opportunity for businesses exploded once technical barriers were broken down. Consumers are now able to conduct business or shop during any period of time and in any country. I myself wanted a map of the underground system in London and found a nice novelty shop located in London itself that had one, cheap and inexpensive to ship to me here in the United States. As business demand increase, businesses are also able to increase as well by installing PC network systems and personnel to manage them. This allows a business to handle multiple customers at the same time. For example a call center that is located in India will handle a large business located in the U.S their customer needs or trouble with a product. E-business permits a company to manage their websites to particular advertisements for a product but also embed other pertinent links that can give the consumer additional information. For example twitter and facebook accounts can be set up in an e-business home page account.

E-Business has also become huge in the vacation travel and shopping markets. These businesses are able to give the consumers excellent photograph or video samples of what they are offering the consumer. What makes this all possible is the technology necessary to manage these systems. In my organization a supply chain management system has become essential to manage not only products ordered but also costs associated. E-business has also given anyone the opportunity to create their own online business and be able to sell items on ebay for instance.



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Shelly, G.B., Napier, H.A. & Rivers, O. (2010) Discovering the Internet Complete Concepts and Techniques, 3rd edition