... questions erupted that include such characteristics as product presentation, order entry, payment, and product distribution. I found it necessary to break down each company and answer these specific questions. AMAZON.COM I found that Amazon.com had a very nice Web site. The product presentation is very well thought out. Each section of the Web site, such as books, electronics, toys & games, etc, is spread ... ship. Lands End shipping includes US and International such as Canada, Japan, and all other countries. Im assuming they can ship effectively to virtually any address worldwide such...

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... in the first 18 hours. Hutchison and Thompson knew they hit onto something good, but they soon found that the matches made at weattract.com were not ideal. They contacted a computer programmer, Michael Georgeff, who once designed a program to help predict problems for NASA. Georgeff used ... questions about your physical appearance, habits, occupation and salary and what qualities you find desirable in a partner. Since I am a member of BlackPlanetLove.com and BlackPlanet.com, I will use the site as an example of how the average dating service works. First, you must become a member. Bla...

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... Internet labels create host web pages for artist or include links to the artist's own website (Digital Music). Below are a list of a couple Internet labels and a brief description. AMP3.com AMP3.com is an Internet record label that sells downloadable music and pays artists up to 50 cents every time one of their songs is downloaded. Sponsors pay anywhere from 10 to ... 20 cents per download to place ads at the beginning of songs. Consumers have the option of downloading songs for free or purchasing the songs with the ads removed. Emusic.com Emusic.com (formally GoodNoise) is one of the b...

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... cheaper on the net has created this unwillingness. Key suppliers of the industry i.e. the popular artists want to be part of sites like mp3.com. But music companies don't allow this. Popular artists have major bargaining power especially when their contract gets over. Therefore building better relations with artists ... of separate division can be easily monitored which is very important at this stage. o They should create a site on the lines of mp3.com and allow even popular musicians to be part of it under a different contract. This will add to the personal relations of company with a...

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... nation wide. New companies were looking to cash in on a new business idea. These companies had no brick and mortar shops. They would maintain inventory where houses only. These dot-com companies thrived in the mid 1990's. Many venture capitalists backed their business plans with millions of dollars, allowing them to have surging upstarts. As, it would turn out it would ... take years for most dot-com companies to turn a profit, many did not. The unsuccessful dot.com's closed their virtual doors as quickly as they opened them. Amazon.com is an example of what many would call the most suc...

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... for everybody. It is a big business platform. From a market diversity point of view, competition is very important. Moreover, from financial status or reputation, some businesses are stronger. For instance, amazone.com is a famous online retailer, which has important product diversity and a good quality of services. There are an uncountable number of online retailers, which are still unknown. A French company, provence-outillage ... probability of making quickly profitability and efficiency can be low. Make profit inside 24 hours of being operational requires precaution and strategy. Reg...

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... its money in excess inventory, which can be very expensive to store. In a recent article from www.chematch.com, the first online option contract was transacted on www.chematch.com. Chematch.com is a leading global Internet exchange for the selling and purchasing of bulk commodity chemicals. This first option online ... trade involved mixed xylenes, used in the production of polyester products. In this transaction, the Chematch.com member is able to purchase the right to sell or buy product for delivery at a predetermined date and at a defined price. If the option ... buy is exercised, th...

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... then be forwarded to a supervisor for review. Changes in the delivery of books, music and television were extending these technologies of surveillance beyond the office (www.britannica.com) In 2000 Amazon.com created controversy when they changed their privacy policy without warning. They announced that customers were no longer allowed to obstruct the distribution of personal data. Globally Unique Identifiers, ... and PowerPoint 97, which implanted distinct identifiers into every document. Americans increasingly seem to agree that Congress should save them from the worst excesses of onlin...

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... Congress has attempted to censor this information with the federal "Communications Decency Act of 1996 a controversial piece of legislation signed into law by President Clinton on February 8, 1996 (www.fmew.com/archive/censor). There are many advocates to pass this law censoring the internet, claiming that there is much information that is immoral and indecent for children as well as adults ... the question as to what is in the best interest of the children, "courts frequently hold that government can legitimately try to protect the well being of children" (www.fmew.com/archive/censor/)....

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... be forwarded to a supervisor for review. ?Changes in the delivery of books, music and television were extending these technologies of surveillance beyond the office?? (www.britannica.com) In 2000 Amazon.com created controversy when they changed their privacy policy without warning. They announced that customers were no longer allowed to obstruct the distribution of personal data. Globally Unique Identifiers, ... PowerPoint 97, which implanted distinct identifiers into every document. ?Americans increasingly seem to agree that Congress should save them from the worst excesses of online ...

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... HR professionals: job boards, professional or career sites, and employer sites. Job boards are the most common and well known. Popular job boards like www.monster.com, www.jobs.com, www.hotjobs.com, and www.careerbuilder.com make it easy for job seekers to search available positions and easy for recruiters to advertise those positions. Although job boards are free to job seekers companies ... must pay a fee to utilize these services. Bill Warren, former CEO of www.monster.com, developed an alternative to traditional job boards when he created www.directemployers.com. This site is a not-...

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... , http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/practices1.html mirror: http://www.geocities.com/lavlesh/practices1.html Ritual of Seppuku, http://www.aikidofaq.com/essays/seppuku.html Seppuku Ritual Suicide, http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/seppuku.html CBS News, Suicide For Honor and Country, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/07/21/sunday/main217634.shtml Sarraj, Eyad, Why We Have Become Suicide ... ...

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... , and an internet standard for all countries. Works Cited ADigital use of movies sparks free speech fight in lawsuit@ 7Aug 2000 http://www.post﷓gazette.com/headlines/20000807dvdsuit1.asp KopyKatz http://www.kopykatz.com 13 Nov 2000 Napster. http://www.napster.com/win/download/ 13 Nov 2000 ANapster may be the King of Sales Spin@ 9 Nov 2000 http://www.post﷓gazette ... .com/interact/20001109radin.asp Oz, Effy. Management Information System. Cambridge, MA : Course 2000 AVideo on demand: Any DVD movie can be copied, sent online@ 6 Aug 2000http://www.post ... ...

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... can entice people to the detriment of the family, home, career and health". An article taken from the Center for Online and Internet Addiction (netaddiction.com), states that nearly 6% of over 17,000 respondents in an online survey met the criteria for compulsive Internet use and 30% use the Net to ... ). Not everyone gets addicted to the "Net". It is difficult to say who should shoulder the blame. In an article printed by Computer Weekly.com, issue dated Sept 23,1999, psychologists say that "Constant use of the Internet creates high levels of the adrenaline-like chemical dopamine which g...

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... of a search engine list, drawing higher traffic to that site - even if the site has nothing to do with the search request (Wordspy.com). In 'Shaping the Web' Introna and Nissenbaum (2000) stated that search engines "systematically exclude certain sites and certain types of sites, ... the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results (Wikipedia.com). SEO may target different kinds of searches, including image search, local search, video search, academic search (Beel et al. 176-190), n...

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... JCP is the most shopped-at chain store, followed by Sears. Wal-mart wins among mass merchandisers, followed by Target (http://www.lycra.com/Lycra/knowledge/retail/consumer_research/teen_spending.html). One major challenge of marketers today is staying current with the fickle fashions of teenage girls. ... Converse has recently put a spin on the classic Chuck Taylor shoe with a low-top, back-less hot pink version (http://fashion.about.com/library/weekly/aa080102a.htm). Throughout the years, technology has been one of the most important mediums by which marketers reach their target audien...

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... good website is hosted by the Gibson Research Corporation and has several helpful feature like "Shields Up", the address for this site is www.grc.com. Another popular site with many useful utilities would be www.dslreports.com. If these sites show you some holes in your security they will recommend several actions. One of the easiest and most effective would be ... can be either automatically configured of manually. Hardware involves connecting your computer into another device. Two of the more popular software firewalls are Zone Alarm (www.zonelabs.com) and Norton Personal Firewall (ww...

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... the usual questions. 4. Re-boot computer 5. Configure download --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ZoneAlarm Firewall Installation Cited Works 1. Goncalves, Marcus. "Firewalls: A Complete Guide", McGraw Hill, 2000: pages 253, 2. BlackICE Defender. http://www.black-ice-firewall.com/ 3. ZoneAlarm vs. BlackICE Defender. http://cws.internet.com/reviews/lannet-zonealarm5.html 4. Four Personal Firewalls Reviewed. http://www.computerworld ... ...

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... servers and distribute them on a monthly fee basis. The advantage of the second approach is that the email address uses your company's domain name rather than a domain name like hotmail.com. Another would be a fax provider. One like Efax provides a free fax service that delivers faxes to your email box. This is an example of a free ASP. The huge advantage of ... ) MIE-YUN LEE. Entrepreneur Dec 2000 v28 i12 p58 2. The ASP model hits the hut. (Company Business and Marketing) Hazel Ward. Computer Weekly Nov 2, 2000 p18 3. ISPS. (Computersathome.com) http://www.computersathome.com/content/ne...

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... . ADSL modems use various digital-coding techniques, using up to 99% of the capacity out of a phone line without interfering with ordinary POTS or Plain Old Telephone Service (www.ADSL.com). This means a person can surf the Internet, download a file, or receive live feeds, and still be able to talk on the phone at the same time. DSL provides services as ... ago the ADSL Forum appointed an official group called the UAWG or Universal ADSL Working Group. The UAWG's mission was to create a universal standard for the equipment manufacturers (www.ADSL.com). They decided on a standard called G....

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... the way we do business in the next century. There are simply too many e-businesses to name here but there are a few worth mentioning. Amazon.com, an on-line retailer, not only sells books but also offers many other products to its consumers. They offer everything from music to gifts and ... DVDs (Digital videodiscs). They have recently added auctions. Another is Homegrocer.com, which is what it sounds like; a grocery store on the Internet. This is a very good idea. It's simple to get what you need as ... and will even find the car you want at a nearby dealer. However, you still have to ...

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... the economy of brick-and-mortar retailers. In addition, there will be a surge of emerging businesses (due to the decreased barrier to entry) and new technology. Companies like EMusic.com, Listen.com, and Liquid Audio have seized this opportunity to offer such services as providing software that would make downloading easy and piracy difficult. Other companies like Sony have invested their time ... , digital downloading is a better way to deliver music than CD. However, examples and data provided within the case study have illustrated the downfall of digital music providers such as EMusic...

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... frequencies to transmit data to computers throughout workspaces. WLAN eliminates the need for miles of cable and plug-ins. This allows workers to stay connected longer, increasing productivity (www.cisco.com). This new technology comes with a price, security. Because radio waves are boundless, traveling through walls and doors, anyone with a receiver can intercept them. Cisco is continuing ... executives say driving e-business deeper into the company is central to its recovery. The company saved $1.5 billion last year through increased operational efficiency and cost avoidance (www.cisc...

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... two primary categories of domains: the country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs), and the generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). Examples for domains are: • .com for commercial companies • .org for non- commercial companies • .gov for government organizations • .edu for universities • .net for internet ... as the new method of contact because it's a cheap and reliable way to transfer information from one place to another. Domain businesses Commercial .com businesses have revolutionized marketing to a whole new level, the selling process of in item used to go from the factory to the d...

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... and services online for example Dell let you choose your own specifications and deliver it to your home in no time. Amazon.com is another huge example of ecommerce, as Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com said, "Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online." E-commerce is ... ...

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