E-Business and E-Commerce - Its Emerging Trends

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E-BUSINESS AND E-COMMERCE - ITS EMERGING TRENDS

BHASKAR P.K.1, SINHA N.K.2, CHOUDHARY B.K.2* AND MISHRA S.K.2
1Department 2Department

of MBA, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Tatisilwai, Ranchi- 835103, Jharkhand, India. of Applied Physics, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Tatisilwai, Ranchi- 835103, Jharkhand, India. *Corresponding Author: Email- [e-mail] Received: October 25, 2012; Accepted: November 06, 2012 Abstract- E-Business has gone through a number of changes in the past few years. Many enterprise companies were caught off-guard by the hype during the dotcom bubble and stumbled into it without fully understanding how best to harness the power of the related tools and technologies for their needs. A “neat” Web site or a “cool” collaboration environment is not going to be the main source of competitive advantage. Any E-Business initiative has to be tied to the overall business strategy of the organization and has to be driven by distinct set of objectives and measurement criteria. Marketing teams at e-commerce organizations are under enormous pressure these days. They know that expanding their marketing efforts beyond the web to mobile and social channels means increasing opportunities to reach buyers. However, they also know that it means increasing the number of information sources they will need to measure. This article discusses how enterprises should gear up to adopt E-Business and E-commerce technologies solutions and what some of the current trends. This paper provides an overview of how businesses are using e-commerce analytics to deal with the problem of mounting data identifying the tools users want to employ to make information more accessible, consumable, and actionable. Keywords- Competitive edge, Competitive advantage, organizational environment, Trends of E

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