Introduction to Electronic Commerce

l Electronic commercebusiness that is conducted over the Internet using any of the applications that rely on the Internet, such as:

  • e-mail, instant messaging, shopping carts, Web services.
  • Ex: businesses trading with other businesses and internal processes that companies use to support their buying, selling, hiring, planning, etc

Electronic Business and/or e-Business terms are spoken in broader sense. Ex: “the transformation of key business processes through the use of Internet Technologies” (IBM).

terms like Electronic Commerce and/or Electronic Business are used interchangeably.


Categories of Electronic Commerce