Analysis of E-Commerce With Relevant Justification

Running head: E-COMMERCE
E-Commerce
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Executive Summary
The main objective of the report is to understand e commerce properly. The modern sector of
electronic commerce majorly utilizes the WWW or World Wide Web for minimum of one
part of the total life cycle of the transaction; in spite of the factor that it uses technology like
electronic mail. The major business transactions take place either as the business to business
or B2B, business to consumer or B2C, consumer to consumer or C2C and consumer to
business or C2B. Both e commerce and e business are being utilized interchangeably and
these are used as the vital transactional procedures to be considered in online shopping. This
report has provided detailed analysis of e commerce with relevant justification and three
popular case studies.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................3
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................3
2.1 Description and Explanation of E Commerce in Businesses...........................................3
2.2 Research and Analysis of the Differences and Advantages of the Major Categories of E
Commerce..............................................................................................................................3
2.3 Development and Justification of the Main Issues for Consideration while developing
E Commerce in a Business.....................................................................................................5
2.4 Research and Analysis of Three Case Studies that highlight Success of E Commerce
with Details............................................................................................................................6
3. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

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1. Introduction
Electronic commerce or e commerce can be referred to as the significant activity to
electronically buying as well as selling different product on the online service (Laudon and
Traver 2016). This e commerce majorly draws on various technologies like SCM, online
transaction processing, m commerce, inventory management system, Internet marketing,
automated system of data collection and electronic data interchange. The businesses of
electronic commerce for the retail sales direct to the customers through web site as well as
mobile applications are to be considered on top priority (Chiu et al. 2014). The following
report outlines a brief description on the impact of electronic commerce within business with
relevant details like advantages, disadvantages and many more.
2. Discussion
2.1 Description and Explanation of E Commerce in Businesses
Electronic commerce is a kind of business, which involves proper transferring of data
in the entire Internet. It also provides a distinct variety of various kinds of business from the
customer based retail web site, via music sites or auction to the business exchange trading
goods or services within the corporation (Gomez-Herrera, Martens and Turlea 2014).
Electronic commerce is considered as one of the most significant and noteworthy aspects of
the Internet for emergence. It even enables the customers in electronically exchanging the
goods and services with no barrier of distance and time. This type of technology has
eventually expanded majorly for the last 5 years and is also projected to continue at the speed
(Chaffey, Hemphill and Edmundson-Bird 2019). The respective boundaries within electronic
commerce and conventional commerce would eventually become extremely significant for
checking the vital business operations. The competitive advantages are increased to a high
level for the business as all types of complexities are lowered, as in the traditional methods.
The digital products could be sold online and could be eventually shipped to the customers.
The business gets an opportunity to allow electronic transactions and as a result the growth or
development of the business would increase majorly (Rahayu and Day 2015). Various
advantages and features are provided by the e commerce to the respective business.
2.2 Research and Analysis of the Differences and Advantages of the Major Categories of
E Commerce
There are several types or categories of electronic commerce that are extremely
effective and efficient, towards management of online business of any specific organization.