Okkar's chapter 3 homework

Chapter 3






1. Why isn’t the Internet overloaded? Will it ever be at capacity?
Internet is the two or more computers networking together and the more computer join the more capacity added.
2. Compare and contrast intranets, extranets, and the Internet as a whole.Intranets is a TCP/IP network located within a single origanizational for purposes of communications and information processing. Extranets are formed when firms permit outsiders to access their internal TCP/IP network.
3. What are some of the challenges of policing the Internet? Who has the final say when it comes to content?Since no one Governs the internet and controling any activities on the internet. The service provider has final say when it comes to content.
4. Why was the development of the browser so significant for the growth of the Web?The browser helps you find any website on the WWW that you want to visit.
5. Name and describe five services currently available through the Web.
Blogs, Internet TV, Internet Radios, podcast, wikis.
6. What are at least three new services that will be available through the next generation of the Internet?  M-commerce (Mobile Commerce)

Okkar's Chapter 2 homework

1. What are the eight key components of an effective business model?
    Value proposition, Revenue model, Market opportunity, Competitive environment, Competitive  advantage, Market strategy, Organizational development, Management team.
2. Describe the five primary revenue models used by e-commerce firms.

• Advertising revenue model-a web site that offers its users content, services, and/or products also provides a forum for advertisements and receives fees from advertisers.
• Subscription revenue model- a web site taht offers its users content or services charges a subscriotion fee for access to some or all of its offering.
• Transaction fee revenue model- a company receives a fee for enabling or executing a transaction.
• Sales tevenue model- companes derive revenue by selling goods, information, or services to customers.
• Affiliate revenue model- sites that steer business to a affiliate receive a referral fee or percentage of the revenue from any resulting sales.

3. Why is targeting a market niche generally smater for a community provider than targeting a large market segment?
I think targeting the market niche can bring various customers and provide or sells various goods instead of one specific product. That's why targeting the market niche is smarter for community provider than targeting a large market segment.
4. Besides the examples given in the chapter, what are some other examples of vertical and horizontal portals in exitence today?
Vertical: Childrens.com, Toys.com, Tires.com
Horizontal: local.com
5.What are the major differenences between virtual storefront such asDrugstore.com and brick-and-clicks operations such as Walmart.com? What are the advantages and  disadvantages of each?
Virtual Merchant focus on particular goods such as drugs, auto parts, toys,etc...
Brick-and-clicks is selling products from particular company that they actually have in their physical stores.

Business210 Chapter 1

Chapter 1


1. What is e-commerce? How does it differ from e-business? Where does it intersect with e-business?
   E-commerce is the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web to transact business. E-commerce is not anything digital that the firm does. For the purpose of this text, we will use the term e-business to refer primarily to the digital enabling of transactions and processes within a firm. E-commerce and e-business intersect at the point where internal business systems link up with suppliers or customers.
2. What are some of the unique features of e-commerce technology?
Ubiquity, Global reach, Universal standards, Richness...
3. What is Web 2.0? Give examples of Web 2.0 sites and explain why you included them in your list.
Web 2.0 is the applications and technologies that allows users to create, edit, and distribute content; share preferences,bookmarks, and online personas; participate in virtual lives; and build online communities. Yahoo is one of the famous Web 2.0 site that you can read news, Auto, Movies and a lot other stuff
4. Give examples of B2C, B2B, C2C, and P2P Web sites besides those listed in the chapter materials.
Overstock.com is one of the famous B2C website. B2B: made-in-china.com, C2C: autotrader.com, P2P:
www.emule-project.net
5. What factors will help define the future of e-commerce over the next five years?

• E-commerce technology will continue to propagate through all commercial actvity,with overall revenues from e-commerce, the numver of products and services sold over the web, and the amount of web traffic all rising.
• E-commerce prices will rise to cover the real costs of doing business on the Web
• E-commerce margins and profits will rise to levels more typical of all retailers
• Triditional well-endowed and experienced Fortune 500 companies will play a growing and more dominant role
• Entrepreneurs will continue tp play an important role in pioneering new social applications.
• The number of successful pure online companies will continue to decline and most successful e-commerce firms will adopt an integrated, multi-channel bricks-and-clicks strategy.
• Regulation of e-commerce and the Web by government will bith in the United States and worldwide.