E-commerce

E-commerce Table of Contents I. E-Commerce: An Introduction II. History of E-Commerce III. Economic Impact IV. Advantages of E-Commerce V. Disadvantages of E-Commerce VI. The Future of E-Commerce VII. The Conclusion Imagine being able to shop at 30 different stores, track a package, or bid on an antique that you may have always wanted, and all before lunch. Since the advent of the computer, business has changed and evolved exponentially over the years. From the first business application VisiCalc®, which, as Dan Bricklin said, “…took 20 hours of work per week for some people and turned it out in 15 minutes and let them become much more creative."(Spreadsheet), companies today have looked to the Internet as a new way to sell goods and services and help customers. Webster's Dictionary® defines the term commerce as “the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place” (Webster’s). E-commerce in a similar way to way “ refers to all forms of business activities conducted across the internet. This can include E-tailing, B2B, intranets and extranets, online advertising (eg. advertising banners), and simply online presences of any form that are used for some type of communication...” There are very few e-commerce, internet, web, business, site, 1999, online, one, information, companies, people, new, day, over, electronic, cost, way, company, commerce, cameron, service, security, place, even, customer, businesses, 1998, years, world, products, much, credit, card