benefits. This paper will compare and contrast the business models of a business to business (B2B)‚ a business to customer (B2C)‚ and a customer to customer (C2C). The Internet Capital Group (ICG) was selected to represent a B2B. The company was started in March of 1996‚ and its main purpose is to act as an online business exchange for finance and technology (ICG‚ n.d.). Amazon.com was selected to represent a B2C organization‚ and eBay was selected as the C2C. In any business model it is important
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Introduction While B2C businesses have developed a high standard online customer experience‚ B2B e-Commerce companies are trying to improve B2B sites to deliver B2C-like e-Commerce experiences. Since the e-Commerce becomes a high valuable alternative to a traditional direct sales model‚ companies are increasingly migrated their offline customers to more cost-effective‚ self-serve‚ online-only environments and concentrate on their sales reps on keeping higher-profit and higher-volume key account
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discusses some of the principles‚ strategies‚ and techniques that have lifted Amazon head and shoulders above their competitors. This paper will also discuss whether the company is moving away from their core competency of leading online retail. Although competition is a strategy used by Amazon‚ it will be determined whether or not it is a good strategy‚ and in what areas Amazon is competing. This paper will also describe how Amazon uses their databases and addresses the possible database issues along
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second solution was to create and implement a business-to business (B2B) exchange for suppliers‚ retailers‚ manufacturers and distributors. These solutions will be explained in depth in this case study. B. SITUATION Amazon.com was created in 1995 with the vision of CEO Jeff Bezos. The company had a primary product of online book sales but was seeking new ways to increase their foothold in the online retail niche. Since then‚ Amazon has become an online super mart that sells books‚ DVDs‚ videos‚ toys
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Amazon.com-Not Your Average Bookstore 1. Amazon has used technology to revamp the bookselling industry by establishing a personalized experience for its customers with Amazon’s highly sophisticated computer-generated search engine. The Amazon database of books is almost infinite and with the ability for system to acknowledge what the reader’s interests are‚ Amazon is able to advertise and sell more books to their customers based on their true interests. The most amazing part of Amazon’s bookstore
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RELATIONSHIP MARKETING INDIVIDUAL PROJECT Amazon.com is obsessed with fervour to serve consumer and shareholder alike. Since its inception over fifteen years ago‚ Amazon.com has steadily grown from a burgeoning “dot-com” corporation into a multinational monster‚ a king in the domain of internet retail. It targets two goals: the satisfaction of a customer and efficient corporate growth. Its marketing strategies are near-legendary‚ and budding
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Evolution Executive Summary University of Phoenix Amazon.com Evolution Executive Summary Amazon uses the components of a database to create usable knowledge for people. Amazon is moving away from being a just an online retailer and is competing with Google and Microsoft through business to business transactions based in data storage and data imagery. Many new components are used in Amazons Elastic Cloud Computing application to create data images for multiple user interfaces. Database
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Cited: 1. "Amazon Marketplace." Epinions. 1 Apr. 2008 . 2. "Amazon." Wilkipedia. 1 Apr. 2008 . 3. "Barns and Noble Inc." 1 Apr. 2008 . 4. Beck‚ Brian. "Key Strategic Issues in Online Apparel Retailing." Yourfit. 27 Mar. 2008 . 5. Beck‚ Brian. "Key Strategic Issues in Online Apparel Retailing
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competitive advantage. Done By: Neo Lai Shun FTDICT216 Page Number 1. What Are Information Systems (IS)? Page 2 2. Introduction to Business information System Page 2 3. How Does Alibaba Make Money? Page 4‚5 4. Advantages and Disadvantages of B2B and B2C Page 5 5. Conclusion Page 5 6. References Page 6 What Are Information Systems (IS)? A lot of organizations work with large great amounts of data. Data are basic values or facts and are organized in a database. A lot of people think that
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focus on B2C business of Amazon and analyze Amazon B2C business as a whole‚ but not a particular product of Amazon. Whenever we analyze the Five Porter’s Force Model‚ we are referring to an industry‚ but not a company within that industry. Therefore‚ when you do the “Analysis of online retailing (B2C) industry by Five Porter’s Force Model”‚ you should analyze the online retailing (B2C) industry‚ but not Amazon. For example‚ when you refer to the threat of substitute of online retailing (B2C) industry
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