Business-to-business (B2B) transactions were (and still are for some companies) based on a complex network of inter-connections, with every connection being different for each supplier or buyer. Errors of transactions, such as stock quantity and type, were commonplace.However, the Internet has provi...

One of the most useful aspects of the Internet is its accessibilityto the development of new business ideas regarding the gathering anddisseminating of information. One Internet marketing aspect that cannot bedeployed by a brick and mortar firm, for example, is the use of Internetsearch engin...

Intermediaries Market intermediaries are an important factor in the way that products and services are distributed today. Marketing intermediaries are organizations that assist in moving goods and services from producers to industrial and consumer users. They're called intermediaries because...

The Survival of the E-BusinessStarting out as a government and research network, the Internet became available to the public in the early 1990's attracting millions of users. Since then, the Internet has become the largest and most important network. In 1998, the Internet had 100 million users; tha...

Possible applications of the Internet in the marketing mix are: * Product aE" Product variety, product customization and product support are three components of the product marketing mix that have been affected by the Internet. Consumers desire expanded choices when e- shopping co...

One of the most important advances in the rapidly developing world of electronic commerce is the ability of companies to develop personalized relationships with their customers. Personalization empowers companies to better understand their customers' wants and desires and improve customer service ...

In order to compete with the ongoing competition and cope with the present trend in the hotel industry, Marriott has integrated internet technology into their value chains. For instance, more and more people are making travel arrangements over the net; therefore Marriot needs to have a website to ca...

WHO IS WATCHING ME I was looking through the business section of the Lakeland Ledger, and I came across an article on dated 1/06/02 "Women Out Shop Men On Web For First Time". I wondered how they went about getting their information. I had purchased online this Christmas, and no one a...

Marketing Plan: Week 5 Study Group Marketing Plan overview: People buy and use one product or service over another because they find it somehow to their advantage to do so (it may cost less, be of better quality, easier to access, and purchase over the Internet). In today's increasingly c...

Napster RICHARD TIBBETTS Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable? My first inclination is to say, no, that downloading an entire song from the Internet is stealing. The artist who recorded the song would actually think so, along with the record label com...

Amazon.com vs. Barnes & Noble The race to soak up as much of the market as possible has been highly intensified by the process of eCommerce. Some companies choose to base their entire operations on the Internet, for example, Amazon.com. On the other hand there are al...

The Internet supports mass customization and one-on-one marketing asfollows: * Mass customization aE" The capacity of the Internet is found in the use of information technology (IT), data storage and data processing instead of the traditional approach of relying on physical location ...

Ethics in any kind of business, be it traditional or e-business, makes specific judgements about what is right or wrong, which is to say, it makes claims about what ought to be done or what ought not to be done. Ethics is universal and is applied to anything that have relations to individuals. Et...

Managing a Retail Website Simulation Electronic commerce allows organizations to become larger in scale without the need for a physical location in the marketplace. The ability to increase sales through the Internet without creating more physical stores is a real opportunity for the traditional ...

Online business has become more prosperous in today's marketplace than it has been in the past, when computers were not as popular. With special software that eliminates the jobs of customer service personnel, along with new ad campaigns and e-alliances, Internet commerce continues to thrive. Even...

Psychographics, also referred to as lifestyle analysis, has beenheartily embraced by marketing practitioners to promote a diverse group ofproducts. Marketer's conduct psychographic research to capture insights andcreate profiles of the consumers they wish to target. However, ...

In the late 1800s, Richard W. Sears, a railroad clerk in North Redmond, Minnesota, acquired an abandoned case of pocket watches. Using his list of other railroad clerks throughout the Midwest, he marketed his watches with great success. Sears recognized immediately that an entrepreneur with a list o...

Shop Online or At the Malls?Radiation, sore eyes, fatigue carpal tunnel syndrome and characteristics of a hermit. These are the common "sickness" people get when working with computers too long. Shopping is one of the largest industries in the world. For the people who decide to shop on the Inter...

E-Business Marketing at Amazon.com I have selected to evaluate the marketing strategies of Amazon.com. Amazon.com is probably the most widely known of the "dot com" companies in the world today. They started as primarily an on-line bookstore, but they have greatly expanded their product ...

Abstract According to our text, marketing is defined as, "The process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods and services to create exchanges that satisfy individuals and or organizational goals."(p. 3) Key stakeholders include consu...

Mission Today's environment presents the consumer with an array of choices. Innovative Photos strives to be the best choice for the client. Providing high quality portraits, competitive pricing, and excellent customer service is our hallmark. A professional photograph, even in a strong economy, i...

The objective of this research paper is to identify what Electronic Commerce or E-Commerce is, who might benefit from using E-Commerce, things to consider when setting up an E-Commerce system, and what type of impact E-Commerce has on our society. Electronic Commerce is the Electronic interchange of...

E-CommerceWith each generation since WWII there has been a shift in the retail focus. And nowmost experts agree that we are experiencing much more than just another shift. We are on theverge of a new revolution: an Internet revolution. Today, the Internet appears to be everywhere. Whethe...

The Curse of the Dot Com Over the last few years, we have all seen commercials and other advertisements for all kinds of Internet companies. It started an Internet revolution, including such common things as shopping, stock trading, even entertainment. Recently, however, many have noticed that ...

What is the most important issue and why? Amazon.com has a leading edge in the e-commerce world. It has a strong customer base, name recognition, quality assurance, and immense inventory. However, as with many online retailers, there are certain aspects of conducting business over the web tha...