BK903 Internet For Business Individual Research Report Internet Security Contents Introduction Page 1 1.0 The main e-commerce security issues. ... Page 5 4.0 What is your overall assessment of the current state Page 5 of e-commerce security. 5.0 Will I buy online now. ... Therefore the business world needs to informed and reassured that there are systems in place continually being developed and improved to increase the security of e-commerce. The aim of this report is to investigate the main concerns business and customers are having with e-commer...

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E-commerce has been changing economy actives and having a great effect on our daily life. ... According to Shafiyah, E-commerce is divided into five categories such as B2B (Business to Business), B2C (Business to Consumer), C2C (Consumer to Consumer), Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Mobile commerce (M-commerce). ... One of the main forms of E-commerce and the one that has been more developed is the Business to Consumer E-commerce. ... The second category of E-commerce is B2B (Business to Business), which companies focus on selling to other companies, is the largest form of e-commerce. ... E-commerce ha...

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Why didn't we see E-commerce in the 1970s or even the 1980s, you ask? ... Speed and immediacy will help E-commerce to thrive. ... "This is about more than E-commerce, or e-mail, or e-trades or e-files. ... By the year 2000 there won't be such a thing as e-commerce, it will just be commerce" (Andrews, C1). ... There are some obvious reasons why E-commerce may not make it. ...

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Introduction Electronic Commerce generally phrased as "e-commerce" or "eCommerce" and defined as buying and selling goods and services online. ... A wide variety of commerce is conducted via e-commerce, including electronic funds transfer, supply chain management.... " E-commerce is spreading fast due to low cost products and anyone can access easily. ... E-commerce is new way of doing business and started off a new economy. ... According to the author, "E-commerce business is emerging as the new economy....

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However it is not secure and it can also occur through e-mails, e-commerce and websites. ... E-commerce was introduced in 1992 and created a new way to purchase products online without the hassle of line ups. ... (Stoddart) In the future, more should be done in order to ensure that e-commerce is more secure and protected. Although at the present state, e-commerce websites have a protection program for purchases involving fraud. ... (Givens) Through e-mail, e-commerce, and websites, it has established the fact that, more can be done in order to protect internet users from privacy inv...

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Electronic commerce is often referred to as e-commerce, or e-business. In this paper I will be discussing the technical side of e-commerce, security, different points of view regarding e-business, and of course my personal opinion and experiences. ... Compared to the cost of traditional commerce, I believe e-business is much cheaper to run and maintain. ... A growing number of businesses think e-commerce is a good investment, and a legitimate way to expand their company. ... Personal Experience In my quest for the best product at the best price, I too have turned to e-commerce from time to tim...

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Electronic commerce is often referred to as e-commerce, or e-business. In this paper I will be discussing the technical side of e-commerce, security, different points of view regarding e-business, and of course my personal opinion and experiences. ... Compared to the cost of traditional commerce, I believe e-business is much cheaper to run and maintain. ... A growing number of businesses think e-commerce is a good investment, and a legitimate way to expand their company. ... Personal Experience: In my quest for the best product at the best price, I too have turned to e-commerce from time to ti...

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Is E-commerce Creating a More Efficient and Effective Logistics Industry? ... The demand style and inventory/order flow in the first case is push and unidirectional, whereas with e-commerce logistics it is pull and bi-directional. ... All these fundamental differences in traditional logistics versus commerce site logistics are representing a shift to future of e-logistics. ... E-commerce is a narrow term applied to the process of conducting simple transactions on-line. ... Statistics shows that about 30% of APL's customers around the world are now using the company's e-commerce capa...

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Furthermore, it is seen as the leading Internet-enterprise among the biggest media companies and BOL (Europe) as well as barnesandnoble.com (USA) rank very high within the E-commerce industry. ... The Internet was basically put into the very center of Bertelsmann's corporate strategy and the company saw itself as "the pacemaker- in the field of E-commerce. ... The last major issue of Bertelsmann Internet strategy are its E-commerce activities. ... By now Bertelsmann considers its E-commerce as an additional distribution channel and follows a so-called multi channel strategy by making...

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INDUSTRY & COMPANY BUSINESS AOL Time Warner is the world's leader in Internet technologies, e-commerce services, interactive services, and web brands. ... Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems, the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the net economy. ... A second concept would be the offering of simple e-business solutions to the market. ... Some of these opportunities include: Music: The combination of Time Warner's prestigious music labels and roster of established stars and new ar...

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Response Since it's online birth in 1995, the marketing environment and subsequent forces shaping eBay's multi billion dollar e-commerce corporation have undoubtedly shifted. ... Consumers competing through LCD screens for a "mom-and-pop " bargain couldn't have have been a bigger hit. eBay dominated the online marketplace for over a decade as it's total income and revenue skyrocketed propelling it to the number one e-commerce site in the world by the year 2000. ... Producers and consumers in the modern day of e-commerce thrive on high-volume PowerSellers. ... With the simpl...

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But today with the information globalization, E-business becomes more and more common in the business activity. ... The shift toward B2B e-commerce puts an emphasis on accessing data that reside in the systems of suppliers, customers, and channel partners (Fulcher, 2000). ... "Today, we're moving towards collaborative commerce, or c-commerce. ... E-business stands for "electronic business," which involves communications and doing business electronically through the Internet. ... ERP II forms the basis of Internet-enabled e-business and collaborative commerce." 2 Specialization software ...

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Marketing Communication is a multidisciplinary field of study having a wide scope for the graduates from the fields of Communication, Economics, Commerce, Social Sciences, and Management. ... Where to Study and the Eligibility Presently many departments of Communication, Economics, Commerce and Business Studies of Indian Universities are offering Marketing Communication as one of their optional subjects at Post Graduate level. People trained in Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in Economics, Commerce, Management or Business studies can find a job assignment in the field of Market...

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Especially, since the internet has become a part of our lives, the style of production and commerce. 20 Years ago only 1/3 of business people in the world could communicate with each other about trade and economics. ... Those that want to be players in the global e-commerce market of $1.6 trillion in 2003 had better ramp up fast on the technical, legal and cultural issues that must be met to make global e-commerce work. ... E-commerce websites must be able to serve all countries of the world, they must think about the forms of writing addresses, like the zip code or state code (i.e. ... R...

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Through eBay's PayPal service, it enables any business or consumer with e-mail to send and receive online payments securely, conveniently and cost-effectively." ... The main executive offices are located at 2145 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, California, 95125, and the telephone number is (408) 376-7400. eBay operates one of the Internet's most popular e-commerce destinations and a well known online payments company (PayPal). ... Half.com has become one of the Internet's most popular e-commerce destinations. ... PayPal enables any business or consumer with e-mail to send and rece...

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The greatest threat to privacy comes from the construction of e-commerce alone, and not from state agents. E-commerce is structured on the copy and trade of intimate personal information and therefore, a threat to privacy on the Internet. ... GUIDs are a kind of serial number that can be connected with a person's name and e-mail address when he registers on-line for merchandise or service. ... This law refers to e-mail messages. ... The third exception states that if the employer owns the e-mail system, then the employer may examine the contents of employee e-mail on the sys...

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Professor Richard E. ... Assuming then that people do count as commerce, the Commerce Clause in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution would give the federal government and their license the advantage over the state of New York's license. The Commerce Clause states that Congress has the power, "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes," (U.S. ... First and foremost, human beings are not commerce. ... The parties that best understand interstate commerce are the states in which this commerce is taking place. ...

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"Primarily the speedy shift toward e-commerce and the use of the Internet as a key tool within organizations has hastened the need for changes in managerial conduct and act. E-commerce has become very popular after it proved to be an efficient means to conduct long distance transactions."4 Therefore, managers require least basic knowledge and understanding of current software and Internet tools. ... With the emergence of e-commerce, one could market the products through the Internet and also respond to customer's requests from anywhere around the globe. ... For instance, with its on-board...

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Chamber of Commerce. ... Chamber of Commerce has "one overarching mission--to strengthen the competitiveness of the U.S. ... Chamber of Commerce is through large anonymous donations. ... Chamber of Commerce's biggest successes in recent history is the amount they have been winning cases in the Supreme Court. ... Exelon, PG&E, PNM, and most notably Apple Inc all resigned their memberships to the Chamber. ...

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The "e" denotes "electronic". ... As e-commerce or internet related revenues increase, there always seems to be countless issues that surround internet law or lack thereof. When the laws change or become created, what if e-books become illegal? What will consumers do with a $300 dollar e-book reader if the e-book prices become unaffordable? When the internet is down, an e-book isn't accessible. ...

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While our store expansion has been rapid, our shift to e-commerce is taking place at a slower rate. Buoyed by our success with the US H&M e-commerce site, which launched in the summer of 2013 and was responsible for 13% of its total US sales that year, we now plan to roll out more transactional online shops. In March this year we launched an online H&M shop in France and in August we launched an e-commerce site in Spain. ... By looking into the three components underlying this driver, we can see this strategic move to open new e-commerce sites will greatly benefit each and every one o...

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The Internet connects nearly 400 million users worldwide and is an essential part of how we work, play, communicate, and conduct commerce. ... Internet technology allows users to surf the World Wide Web or send e-mail (Comer 5). ... In 1972, the first e-mail program was created by Ray Tomlinson of BBN. ... This is mainly because of the money involved in the E-commerce businesses and the amount of information everyday in the use of the Internet. ... E-mail is less expensive than postage stamps and paper, it is less time consuming, its available 24 hours a day 7 days a week and it had unlimited ...

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Hallmark offers flowers, gifts, cards, and e-cards. ... E*TRADE E*TRADE is basically the same thing as Charles Schwab. ... The only difference is E*TRADE charges commission rates per trade and no monthly fee. ... Money orders are sent to E*TRADE and anyone internationally can invest through E*TRADE, as long as they have access to the Internet. BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS: In the electronic commerce world, companies not only sell to consumers, but also to other companies. ...

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Additional profitability ratios include the price earnings ratio (P/E), the dividend payout and the dividend yield. ... Price earnings ratio (P/E) In general, the higher the ROI and rate of earnings growth, the higher the P/E. . In the past, for a very long period of time P/E ratios in the range of 12 to 18 were consider good P/E ratios for a company. ... The P/E ratio is $42 / $3.51 = 12, which seems very good and both the debt ratio and debt to equity ratio are within the guideline. ... With the ROI, ROE, and acid-test low like they are it doesn't seem like a retailer/merchandisi...

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The goal for this year is to increase sales by 200% with aggressive global marketing strategies using the vehicle of e-business. ... Prehistoric Computers is in an enviable position regarding the cost required to supplement the e-Commerce business with the addition of the two aforementioned systems. ... This way the company will not have to restart the existing marketing program; however, maintain and expand on the e-business side. ... Financial Consideration Prehistoric Computer's financial plan is a vital part of its e-business objective. ... The 200 percent net income forecast wi...

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