Chapter 1: Overview of Electronic Commerce

Overview of Electronic Commerce


Objectives:
-Define electronic commerce (EC) and describe its various categories.
-Describe and discuss the content and framework of EC.
-Describe the major types of EC transactions.
-Describe some EC business models.
-Describe the benefits of EC to organizations, consumers, and society.
-Describe the limitations of EC.
-Describe the role of the digital revolution in EC.
-Describe the contribution of EC to organizations responding to environmental pressures.