Year 8 Commerce Bryan Jacob Y8 Political systems of democracy and republic History of Democracy Definition of Democracy * When looked up in the dictionary the word democracy comes up with the meaning “the government by people.” * Democracy is a form of government * It is when everyone gets to participate equally either directly or through elected representatives. * It is a political system where all the members of the society have an equal share of formal political power
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Contents Introduction 2 Wrycza et al. ’s Research (2007) 3 Rao et al. ’s research (2003) 5 Prananto et al. ’s research (2004) 7 Alonso Mendo and Fitzgerald ’s research (2005) 9 The usefulness of using E-Commerce Maturity Model (ECMM) 11 Conclusion 14 Reference 14 Introduction In today ’s economy‚ organisations try to gain strategic and operational advantages over other competitors in their industry because of the rapid advance of technology and globalisation. Companies
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Profile * History Founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ FedEx Express was established in 1973 and it has grown rapidly. Smith had the idea of creating a company that would deliver mail all over the United States over night. His idea was to fly mail from one location to another at night because the traffic is better and packages could be sorted‚ distributed and out of its original location faster. Delivering to over 220 countries and territories‚ FedEx today is a big global industry with a vast network
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features of e-commerce technology 1. Breaks geographical barrier: Unlike traditional retail business‚ ecommerce is not bounded by geographical barriers. Today an e commerce company can easily sell its products to consumers residing in any part of the country. 2. Saves precious time: Ecommerce helps in saving the most important thing in today’s modern world: ‘Time’. Consumers from the comfort of their home‚ office and even café can buy any product they wish to buy. Thanks to e commerce‚ consumers
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Introduction In 2003‚ the announcement was made of a merger between FedEx Corporation and Kinko’s‚ Inc. There are multiple reasons why corporate decision makers consider mergers‚ “the potential efficiency benefits from mergers and acquisitions include both operating and managerial efficiencies‚” (Pautlar‚ 2003‚ p. 122). “These mergers and acquisitions are aimed at increasing growth‚ enhancing existing capabilities and developing new markets” and as a strategic consideration they can “generate cost
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E-commerce (electronic-commerce) refers to business over the Internet. With the growth of commerce on the Internet and the Web‚ e-commerce often refers to purchases from online stores on the Web‚ otherwise knows as e-commerce Web sites. The e-commerce marketplace is intensely and savagely competitive. Mellahi and Johnson (2000) noted that major sustainable competitive advantages are almost non-existent. That means that firm’s market advantage such as economies of scale are no longer enough to make
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I am going to be explaining the potential risk to an organisation of committing to an E-commerce system. E-commerce has many drawbacks. I will be going through these drawbacks that risk an organisation of committing to an E-commerce system. * Advertising and maintaining website * Hackers * Identity theft * Website not being recognised * Viruses * Profit * Delivery Advertising and maintaining website A drawback of an Ecommerce is the advertising. If no-one knows
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James Boyd 03/01/2015 FedEx vs. UPS write up 1. Prepare to describe in class the competition in the overnight package delivery industry‚ and the strategies by which those two firms are meeting the competition. What are the enabling and inhibiting factors facing the two firms as they pursue their goals? Do you think that either firm can attain a sustainable competitive advantage in this business? With the increasing amount of online shopping‚ shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS have had a rise
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Risk Management of Legal Issues affecting E-Commerce Introduction Risk management is the ability to identify‚ assess‚ and prioritize risks depending on the threat they poses on a business and the resources available. Most organizations are operating their business online nowadays. Many industries such as banking‚ insurance‚ selling of goods‚ offering of certain services are turning their operations online. E-commerce has many challenges that threaten to make any organization conducting online business
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The Increasing popularity of E-Commerce and the effectiveness of online retail The increased usage and awareness of E-Commerce and online retail has greatly affected the way in which products are bought and sold in today’s society. For this assignment I will be researching the effectiveness and efficiency of offline and online retail environments of clothing products. I will be using Porter’s Value Chain Analysis to evaluate how value is created in e-business and I will then suggest significant
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