A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF E-COMMERCE BUSINESS MODELS

As the Internet democratizes societies and empowers citizens with information, it is also yielding profound changes in the classic economic paradigm of buyer and sellers. New models of commercial interaction are developing as businesses and consumers participate in the electronic marketplace and rea...

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Published inAllied Academies International Conference. Academy of Information and Management Sciences. Proceedings Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 39
Main Author Massoud, Samia L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arden Jordan Whitney Enterprises, Inc 01.01.2002
Subjects
Auctions
Business models
Business to business commerce
Comparative analysis
Consumers
Corporate profits
Customer services
Disadvantages
Electronic commerce
Internet access
Inventory
Marketing
Purchasing
Shopping carts
Studies
Trends
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Summary:As the Internet democratizes societies and empowers citizens with information, it is also yielding profound changes in the classic economic paradigm of buyer and sellers. New models of commercial interaction are developing as businesses and consumers participate in the electronic marketplace and reap the resultant benefits. This paper will examine the most popular sis e-Business models (Store Front, Auction, Portal, Name-Your-Price, Comparison, Pricing, and B2B Exchange), and establish a discussion and agreements to facilitate the growth of commerce on the Internet. Significant concern exists regarding the overlap and the vulnerability of the current models infrastructure. Businesses and consumers need to feel comfortable that the Internet is a secure and reliable commercial medium, and that safeguards are in place to ensure the reliability of the Internet. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]