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What is E-Business (Electronic Business)

Chapter 79
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
A comprehensive term used to describe the way an organization interacts with its key constituencies including employees, managers, customers, suppliers and partners through electronic technologies. It has a broader connotation than e-commerce because e-commerce is limited to business exchanges or transaction over the Internet only.
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Business Relationships and Organizational Structures in E-Business
Fang Zhao (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch079
Abstract
In today’s e-business, context, technology, customers, competitors, and partners can change rapidly. Technology can become obsolete in the blink of an eye and customers can appear and disappear with a keystroke. There are practically no barriers to new entrants (competitors) in an e-business world. Likewise, e-business partnerships and virtual organizations become ephemeral and opportunistic in nature. This article explores the dynamics of the changing nature, process, and practice of business relationships and network form of organizations in the cyberspace. It also identifies and discusses a series of management issues raised in the processes of e-partnerships and virtual organizations.
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Chapter 108
Importance of Electronic Record Preservation in E-Business
Any business processes that rely on an automated information system.
Published in Chapter: Importance of Electronic Record Preservation in E-Business; From: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
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