E-Commerce Glossary

Adware:

It is any software application in which advertising banners are displayed while the program is running.

Auction:

An auction is a market mechanism by which sellers place offers and buyers make sequential bids.

Balanced Scorecard:

It is a management tool that assesses organisational progress toward strategic goals by measuring performance in a number of different areas.

Bandwidth:

Bandwidth of a communication channel refers to the data- handling capacity of an Internet connection. Bots: Bots (short for robots) are a type of malicious code that can be covertly installed on computer when attached to the internet.

Browser Parasite:

It is a program that changes some settings in browser.

Business Strategy:

A business strategy is a set of plans for achieving superior long-term returns on the capital invested in a business firm.

Business-to-Business (B2B):

It e-commerce holds electronic transactions among and between businesses.

Business-to-Consumer (B2C):

In B2C, businesses sell directly a diverse group of products and services to customers.

Business-to-Employee (B2E):

It involves the transactions between the business and the employee.

Business-to-Government (B2G):

It involves transactions between the business and government over electronic network.

Channel Conflict:

It refers to any situation in which the online marketing channel upsets the traditional channels due to real or perceived damage from competition.

Competitive Strategy:

It refers to how a company competes in a particular business.

Consumer-to-Business (C2B):

C2B e-commerce that involves individuals selling to businesses may include a service/product that a consumer is willing to sell.

Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C):

Using C2C e-commerce, consumers sell directly to other consumers using the Internet and web technologies.

Cookie:

A cookie is a small piece of data that is passed back and forth between a website and an end-user's browser as the user navigates the site.

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Advantages of EDI

1) Shortened Ordering Time : Paper orders have to be printed, enveloped and sent out by the customer's post room, passed through the postal service, received by the supplier's post room and input to the supplier's order pocessing system. To achieve all this, reliably, in under three days would be to do very well. EDI orders are sent straight into the network and the only delay is how often the supplier retrieves messages from the system. Orders can be in the supplier's system within a day, or if there is urgency, the messages can be retrieved more frequently, for example every hour. 2) Cost Cutting : The use of EDI can cut costs. These include the costs of stationery and postage but these will probably be fully matched by the costs of running the EDI service. The principle saving from the use of the EDI is the potential to save staff costs. For example, if the orders are directly input to the system there is no need for an order entry clerk. 3) Elimination of Errors :...

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