Value Chain Analysis Before making a strategic decision‚ it is important for Apple to understand how its activities or products create values for customers. One way to do this is to conduct a value chain analysis (VCA). VCA “refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities for transforming inputs into outputs that customers value. The process of transforming inputs into outputs compromises a number of primary and support activities” (Hill and Jones‚ 2001‚ p.133). Each value is considered
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E-COMMERCE & M-COMMERCE 1. Definition: - E-commerce: refers to commercial affairs which are conducted by using technological equipment such as computer‚ laptop‚ etc. over Internet‚ computer network or other electric systems. - M-commerce: refers to buying or selling process which is conducted through mobile network such as 3G‚ wireless‚ etc. in which mobile device: cellphone‚ smartphones‚ PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)‚ etc. are used. 2. Benefits and Drawbacks: Brief overview of e-commerce
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An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Also known as financial electronic data interchange (FEDI)‚ e-commerce payment systems have become increasingly popular due to the widespread use of the internet based shopping and banking. A payment gateway is an e-commerce application service provider service that authorizes payments for e-businesses‚ online retailers‚ bricks and clicks‚ or traditional brick and mortar. It is the equivalent
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INTRODUCTION E-business refers primarily to the digital enablement of transactions and processes within a firm‚ involving information systems under the control of the firm. E-business does not include commercial transactions involving an exchange of value across organizational boundaries. E-business (electronic business)‚ derived from such terms as "e-mail" and "e-commerce‚" is the conduct of business on the Internet‚ not only buying and selling but also servicing customers and collaborating with
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Value Chain The value chain also chain as value chain analysis is a concept from business management that was first described and populated by Michael Porter in 1985. A value chain is a chain of activities for activities for a firm operating in a specific industry. The chain of activities gives the products more added values then the sum of added values of all activities and also said that‚ value chain is an interrelated series of process that produce a service on product to the satisfaction
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Value Chain Submitted by: ARMIE C. CACATIAN MIS Introduction A value chain is a chain of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service for the market. It is a systematic approach to examining the development of competitive advantage. It helps in the identification of the core competencies of an organization. The higher education has undergone significant changes in the recent past. The notion of “business approach of education
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E-COMMERCE AND TAXATION Thousands of businesses are selling goods and services through electronic commerce‚ including the Web and private electronic networks. Selling through electronic commerce is a rapidly growing channel for sales to both retail consumers and businesses. Since about one-quarter of all state and local revenue comes from sales‚ use‚ and gross receipts taxes‚ the state and local governments are eager to avoid losing any tax revenue to electronic commerce. Traditional
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The brand value chain The majority of companies that still follow the main principles of the industrial economy will face great difficulties in the value economy of the future. When the company defines itself by its products‚ far too many resources will be tied up in the product system. Alarm bells should ring when investment in products‚ services‚ divisions and departments are inflated when compared to a company’s actual market access. Fortunes are spent on developing new products without taking
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_________________________________ ( √ ) Tick mark in front of the assignments submitted |Assignment ‘A’ |√ |Assignment ‘B’ |√ |Assignment ‘C’ |√ | Fundamentals of E-Commerce Assignment - A
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E-commerce in China Abstract E-commerce‚ namely electronic commerce‚ refers to an industry where people can conduct business through electronic systems. It uses the Internet as the main mode to provide service. The development of E-commerce is greatly concerned by people. The environment of E-commerce in China keeps improving. At the same time‚ more and more consumers accept online shopping. At present‚ China’s B2C E-commerce market is booming‚ the fierce competition between major online trading
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