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    General E-commerce questions

    What is a benefit of e-auctions to sellers? -Convenience since the bidding can occur anywhere and anytime -High stickiness to the web site -Annonymity -The optimal price is determined by the market Because online buyer's decisions depend on numerous independant and intervening variables, decsions made by customers are cla

    Short Response Questions

    Use the Internet to research at least three new e-Commerce applications that have had a significant impact on supply chain management. Please respond to the following: Supply Chains Compare the most significant challenges of managing the supply chain for a manufacturing company to that of a service company, and determine whi

    Leader or Follower

    Consider the broad area of e-business and e-commerce, and the fact that some companies are leading associated trends while others are merely following or perhaps not even doing that. In their 2001 book, E-Business 2.0: Roadmap for Success, authors Dr. Ravi Kalakota and Marcia Robinson indicated "Your company's success depend

    move towards online stores

    What specific challenges do you believe managers will face as they move towards online stores and attempt to convey their message in diverse markets?

    Describe an e-business you might like to start

    Describe an e-business you might like to start. Have some fun with this process. For instance, if you like dogs, you might decide to sell a downloadable information product about adopting a dog. Just please make sure your business does not include criminal or pornographic activity (your instructor is squeamish). Do not use he

    advertising in e-commerce and demographics

    Advertisement (Part 1) What are three ways to advertise, in an e-commerce society, a new business venture? Networking Sites (Part 2): Identify three social networking sites any new business should link to. What are the target demographics for each site highlighted?

    UNCITRAL Model Law

    Given the global significance of e-commerce, international efforts have been made to harmonise specific legal issues. One of these is the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures. Some critics have labelled it as not being "sufficiently comprehensive" and "a half-hearted attempt" at harmonisation. You are required to research

    Marketing plans are tools used by managers to guide the process of marketing

    Marketing plans are tools used by managers to guide the process of marketing. They contain strategies and consider many environmental aspects that work together to affect the success of the product or service being marketed. Marketers must learn to do solid research in support of upcoming projects. The Unit 1 Individual Proje

    Benefits to commerce of shielding members from personal liability

    Explain the processes of the benefits to commerce of having shareholders and other entities that shield their members protected from personal liability? Would commerce be better served if personal liability would attach to those individuals for the misdeeds of their entity? Why or why not?

    E-commerce questions

    ______are systems where only routine transactions processing and information flow take place between 2 or more organizations using a standard protocol, such as electronic data ingerchange (EDI) -E-CRM -Interorganizational information systems -Intrabusiness EC -B2B Software tools that scout teh Web for stores that sell sim

    Analyze Amazon.com

    Analyze Amazon.com Use Excel and financial statement analysis to determine the profitability of an e-commerce company and the viability of its business model. Submit any simplified spreadsheets you created of the company's balance sheet and income statements. Publicly traded companies, including those specializing in e-com

    Entrepreneurial Opportunities

    Research three entrepreneurial opportunities that you might be interested in. Provide a summary of each, including why they interest you, what opportunities exist within each choice that can be exploited, and what challenges each opportunity faces. What are the differences between business to business (B2B or B to B) and bu

    Information Age and Pricing Strategy

    This solutions highlights various factors that enabled businesses to introduce innovative pricing strategies to their customers. Most of these strategies were made possible by the use of information and communication technologies that made possible cost reduction, process improvement, direct selling and improved customer value t

    E-commerce and the Business

    How can a grocery store make better use of e-commerce? How do e-commerce operations management compare to traditional operations management? What are the critical success factors of e-commerce operations management? What's the framework of PERT and CPM?

    Strategic Management: Strategic Choices

    1.) What recent strategic choices have been made by the top folks at WalMart that help the company to be more competitive? 2.) Can you categorize these choices as following any of Porter's four generic strategies? Explain. 3.) From the SWOT perspective how successful has this strategy been at: Capitalizing on WalMarrt'

    Empirical Scholarly Journal Article Critique

    Consider the following questions in your analysis clearly, succinctly, and in your own words. Be sure to support your statements with thorough explanations and cited references. Your critique will include the following: 1. Bibliographic Entry for the article in APA format. (Do not copy the whole reference list. Simply c

    The Globalization of eBay: eBay's core competency

    Discuss the case and incorporating answers to the questions below. It is important to address each of the questions presented. APA format is required for text citations and references. The Reference List is not included in the required paper length. The paper must contain at least five references, which may include the textbook

    Social Media and Privacy

    Social media sites and apps are increasingly utilizing (and providing to others such as "friends") consumer information that many might consider private, including a person's location and product or service purchasing preferences. This has resulted in a degree of controversy, such as that experienced by Apple and Google. Discuss

    Operation management-About Amazon.com

    Operation management-About Amazon.com..... Problem: Describe the typical process discussing in depth how product/service is produced and provided,generating a blue -print. Subsequently, examine how environmental greening and sustainability issues have impacted them and what initiatives they have taken to address these issues w

    Considering Effective and Ineffective Leadership

    Please help with the following problems. 1. When employed, which of the power bases do you think lead to effective leadership and which do you think lead to ineffective leadership? 2. Discuss and analyze the differences and similarities between leadership and managing or leaders and managers. 3. Identify and discuss th

    Scanning the Environment

    You are a marketing executive at a grocery store chain and have been asked by your supervisor to evaluate the positioning of two of your major competitors, relative newcomer Amazon Grocery and Aldi's. Amazon Grocery has over 15,000 non-perishable items, half of which are focused on the organic and healthier food-related products

    BUS599 - MBA Integrative Project Case: Outputs

    Focus on the Outputs aspect of Deckers Outdoor Corporation BACKGROUND Outputs are not complicated to understand. At the Organization level, they are the products and services that are provided to customers. (It can also be the value provided to owners, but we are not going to consider this here.) The primary way that a co

    Case Analysis: Fitness and Nutrition Start-Up Company

    Case Assignment: Imagine that you have been hired as a consultant to write a report for a group of executives from a start-up company. This company wants to create a website as a resource for people who want to enjoy a healthier lifestyle combining the best fitness and nutrition options. They will collect articles, tips a

    Issues Faced by Edmunds

    See the attached files. 1. Analyze the issues faced by Edmunds and describe what lead the company to this situation. 2. Create and describe a strategy for addressing the situation at hand. 3. Assess which element in the strategy you just described would be the hardest to implement and explain why. 4. Describe what

    Customization Of Marketing Strategies For Non-Profit, E-Commerce

    Do marketers customize marketing strategies for non-profit and e-commerce consumers differently than other consumers? Support your position in a minimum of 200 words. Be sure to address both non-profit consumers and e-commerce consumers (separately), and to provide substantial support for the position that you take in each case

    Case Study: Jack Welch and his major strategic actions

    1. How successful has Jack Welch been in running GE from 1980 to 2000? 2. Comment on the major strategic actions that Jack Welch took during his twenty year tenure, and their impact on GE's performance. 3. What is your evaluation of Welch's approach to dealing with people and leading change? How important is he to GE's suc