...Ankit Singh and Juan Alberto Calero Part A – e-Commerce in China vs USA 1. Overall, what are some key opportunities and challenges (obstacles) that confront ecommerce in China? How are these challenges similar / different from those confronting e-commerce in the US (or other countries that you are more familiar with)? Some of the key opportunities of e-commerce in China are: The internet penetration rate in China is growing at a much faster rate as compared to other countries. 25.5% users in China have engaged in e-commerce, while in US 71% has done so. This represents an enormous opportunity for e-commerce services, given that there is room for growth in China. The market is China is still in the beginning of its growth stage. The manufacturing prowess of china provides an excellent complement to the ecommerce market. Online shopping market has grown 64.1% over last year to $1.5 Billion. Online B2B market is valued at 65.7 B 69.8% yearly growth. With these accelerated growth rates, the e-commerce market will developed very quickly, players need to be aware of the stage of e-commerce in China and address the market accordignly. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to 68.8% of nation gross industrial output. Only 28% of SMEs utilised third-party B2B e-commerce platform. The government has a plan to increase it to 80% by 2012. Given this, the projected demand for e-commerce is known. In addition , players also known which type of businesses are using e-commerce...
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...opportunities. You can plan, manage, systematize, and analyze a business undertaking while assuming the risk for the sake of proceeds. You can pull together resources including innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods. Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new-fangled organizations or fortifying mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to recognized opportunities. Entrepreneurship is often an intricate undertaking, as an immense majority of new businesses fail. Entrepreneurial activities are substantially dissimilar depending on the sort of organization that is being on track. When I originally made the decision to become a nurse, I wasn't certain where my career would win me. Now I can say with confidence that the opportunities in nursing are limitless. Who would not aspire to have a privilege of becoming your own boss? This would include those in nursing career. New technology will pilot us to live out in ways I have not yet imagined. Technology is a key factor in future employment trends for nurses. Nurse entrepreneurs who utilize technology to generate new opportunities for themselves can look to a dazzling future. Think certainly as the globe of nursing is crammed with lessons which you can at all times take the benefit of it. Understand the needs by the community as well the growth of this kind of business that you can grow with. It is not utterly true that nursing isn't...
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...ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L ALL ALL ALL M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL 9:3011:30 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS 1 ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS 2 ELECTRICAL MACHINES-1 ADVANCE MACRO ECONOMICS POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT BANK FUND MANAGEMENT SOCIETY & THE ARCH. OF BENGAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 12-2 INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH POETRY COMPILER DESIGN MACRO ECONOMICS BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL MACHINES -2 MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA MARKETING TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS OPERATING SYSTEM-2 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ALGORITHMS 3-5 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS DESIGN THEORY-I MATH METH OF ENG’G VLSI CIRCUIT DESIGN Released on July 13, 2013 Day 2: July 30, 2013 (Tuesday) TIME CAMPUS 1 ,4 & 5 WEB TECHNOLOGIES TAXATION FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPENSATION BRAND & PRODUCT MGMT. INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE 1 (CS) CAMPUS 7 SECTIONS ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL 9:3011:30 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE-1 (EEE) DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ELEC. POWER TRANS. & DISTRIBUTION MICROPROCESSOR & I/O SYS. CS MATH INTRODUCTION TO DATABASE MANAGEMENT INFO. SYSTEM PROG. LANGUAGE-2 (CS) PROG. LANGUAGE-2 (EEE) 12-2 ...
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...corporate social responsibility initiatives are essentially dissimilar, they can help assist a business develop or generate new advancements in the workplace, with the employees, and in the market (Charter & Ottoman, 2010). These programs can help perk up the substructure line and facilitate a company to meet the expectations satisfaction prospects of their consumers, human resources, and stakeholders. In the view point of a brand marketing manager, cause marketing can be defined as a potentially profit making scheme by a ‘for-profit’ business or product to raise responsiveness, funds, and/or consumer commitment in a collective or environmental issue. In general, course marketing refers to a type of marketing which generally involves the cooperative efforts of a business (which is after profitability) and a non profit making organization for reciprocated benefit. To come up with the conclusions on cause marketing, study survey was carried out on a number of retailers from different business perspectives in relation to the topic of discussion. The questions were designed in a way that could pin down all the responses and enhance the general formulation of a common idea among the retailers. The questions on the questionnaire included the following: (i) According to your expectations, do you support a move by business corporations to stretch out to charities and non-profit businesses to prop up causes? Give reasons behind your thinking. (If yes or no) (ii) Do consumers and workers...
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...Business Practicum Program 2nd Semester, AY 2014-2015 HANDOUTS Entrep 39E Product Development & Initial Business Plan Guidelines Revised by: Maria Angelita Ramona B. Libre-Valles, ExMBA Coordinator Business Practicum Program Department of Business Administration University of San Carlos In Consultation with Roberto H. Visitacion, DBA November 2014 Table of Contents | | Page | Calendar of Activities for 2nd Semester AY 2014-2015 | | 1 | The Business Practicum Program | | 2 | | Course Description | | | | The Course Diagram | | | | Course Requirements | | | The Grading System | | 4 | Admission Policy | | 4 | Retention Policy | | 5 | Coordinator of the Business Practicum Program | | 5 | Faculty Advisers | | 5 | Guidelines in the Product/Service Proposal | | 5 | Fund Source: IGLF – SAGE Grant | | 6 | E39 Seminar Series | | 6 | | One Stop Shop for Business Registration | | 6 | | SVD Mission Sending | | 6 | | Team Building Workshop | | 6 | Parents / Guardian’s Certification of Waiver / Permission | | 7 | Form 1: Parents’ / Guardian’s Certification of Waiver / Permission | | 7 | Form 2: Rubric for Oral Defense | | 8 | Form 3: Oral Defense Guidelines | | 9 | Form 4: Business Plan Format | | 12 | Form 5: Student’s Evaluation of Business Practicum Program | | 21 | Masterlist of Student Entrepreneurs | | 23 | Entrep 39E Calendar of Activities for 2nd Semester AY 2014-2015 ...
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...Аbstrаct The report detаils on the Industry- e-commerce, to which Аmаzon belongs аnd how Аmаzon implemets E-commerce in its model. Аmаzon’s business strаtegies аnd it’s mаrket strаtegies hаve been covered in brief. Аmаzon is one of the biggest plаyers in the field of cloud computing аnd the wаy it’s implemented hаs been covered. Vаrious MIS tools аnd Models which аre employed by Аmаzon in it’s business solution, helps in developing better understаnding of the compаny аnd the subject in generаl. Industry Introduction: E-Commerce Electronic commerce populаrly known аs e-commerce is а new growth direction for the business community. It is the use of digitаl trаnsаctions between businesses аnd individuаls. In other words, e-commerce is the use of the Internet to conduct business trаnsаctions. Given the huge potentiаl thаt this formаt hаs, technology will certаinly improve ecommerce аnd hence provide individuаls with more choices, thereby аdding to the economy. E-Commerce is аlso defined аs the аbility of а compаny to possess а dynаmic presence on the Internet which will thus аllow the compаny to conduct its business electronicаlly; in other words shift to аn electronic shop. Products here аre аdvertised, sold аnd pаid electronicаlly. Due to the expаnsion of the internet, аdvertising аnd is аvаilаble to people аcross the world for аlmost negligible. Аn аdditionаl аdvаntаge is thаt, the technology offers immediаte up grаdаtion аnd solution to issues. The biggest chаllenge for...
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...Club IT part 2 Mark Reis Xbis/219 August 18, 2013 Katherine Escobar Club IT part 2 Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada along with many other business owners understand that information system technologies will let their originations to compete and flourish in the market place. Lisa, Rubin, and a systems consultant have analyzed the current information system status and during this analysis they have identified three areas that need improvement. This prompted Lisa and Ruben made the decision to upgrade their information management systems. The first problem their information system identified was neither Lisa nor Ruben were not up-to-speed with e-commerce. The second problem is that their computers are old and out-dated along with that their Internet connection was the old hard-wired system that plugged directly into the computer. The third problem, they need a better way to keep track of customer orders along with keeping track of inventory. A “Water Fall” method was Lisa and Rubens choice of method to use in their systems analysis (Wiley Higher Education, 2006). Current Information System Lisa and Rubin use their information system to help run their business and in their decision-making process’ (Wiley Higher Education, 2006). Their intranet and using the Internet helps them search for and retrieve needed information quickly. The web site has a login for employees, and they can access their personal information like, how many hours they...
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...SG C1 True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. __T_ 1. IBM defines electronic business as "the transformation of key business processes through the use of Internet technologies." ___T_ 2. A transaction is an exchange of value. ___F_ 3. A transaction always has one or more activities associated with it, and an activity will always be related to a transaction. __T__ 4. Transferring funds, placing orders, sending invoices, and shipping goods to customers are all types of activities or transactions. __F__ 5. Business-to-consumer electronic commerce occurs when a person sells an item through a Web auction site to another person. __T__ 6. The U.S. government is one of the largest EDI trading partners in the world. __T__ 7. Firms such as Walmart and General Electric have been pioneers in using EDI to improve their purchasing processes and their relationships with suppliers. __T__ 8. A value added network (VAN) is an independent firm that offers connection and transaction-forwarding services to buyers and sellers engaged in EDI. __T__ 9. The increase in broadband connections in homes is a key element in the B2C component of the second wave. __T__ 10. In some cases, business processes use traditional commerce activities very effectively, and technology cannot improve upon them. __F__ 11. The skills of merchandising and personal selling can be easy to practice remotely. __F__ 12. A small-denomination item...
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...The Growth of Alibaba pg.8-pg.10 * Alibaba Business Model pg.11 * Five Forces Analysis pg.12-pg.13 * Present the Corporation Now pg.13 * Business Environment pg.14-pg.15 * The Financial Analysis pg.17-pg.18 * SWOT Analysis pg.19 * Recommendation for Alibaba pg.20 * Conclusion pg.20 * References pg.21 Definition * E-commerce Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, is a type of industry where the buying and selling of products or services is conducted over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at one point in the transaction’s life-cycle, although it may encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail, mobile devices, social media, and telephones as well. Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of business transactions. This is an effective and efficient way of communicating...
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...Li & Fung : Strategic Role of E-Commerce 2006/9/13 ECT 7010 Fundamental of ECommerce Technologies 1 Defensive posture of Li & Fung to the Internet at the beginning “Would the Internet disintermediate us? Would we get Amazoned by someone who will put together all of the information about buyers and factories online?” Answer: The Internet facilitates supply chain management and Li & Fung were not going to be disintermediated Key: have the old economy know-how and yet be open to new economy ideas 2 2006/9/13 ECT 7010 Fundamental of E-Commerce Technologies Internet Issues August 2000, beta launch of the new Businessto-business(B2B) e-commerce portal Important issues: Was there any chance of channel conflict or cannibalization between the offline business and the start-up? How would the market reach to the start-up once it was launched the following year? How specifically would e-commerce ultimately transform his family’s century-old company? 2006/9/13 ECT 7010 Fundamental of E-Commerce Technologies 3 Company Background 2000 – Li & Fung a $2 billion global export trading company 3,600 staff worldwide Sourcing and managing the global supply chain for high-volume, time-sensitive consumer goods Product mix – hard and soft goods Soft goods – apparel, including woven and knit garments Hard goods – fashion accessories, festive or holiday products, furnishings, giftware, handicrafts, home products, furnishing, home products, fireworks, sporting goods, toys...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Club IT, Part 2 To learn more about Club IT’s operations, you stayed until the 2:00 a.m. closing this morning to see how everything was tallied and accounted at the end of a business day. Although it was a late night and you had to wake up early this morning to report back to work, you now have a better understanding of the daily business cycle at Club IT. You are energized when Lisa asks you for suggestions on how to use club and public resources to keep Club IT’s edge as the high-energy, high-impact club it strives to be. The Internet research you have been doing for Lisa and Ruben has been eye-opening, but it is also exasperatingly slow on their dialup connection in their cramped back office. You have a lot of ideas for useful network applications at Club IT. There are many opportunities for discovery and collaboration among employees, members and business partners. You decide to take the initiative and research network applications for the benefit of Club IT. You have interviewed Ruben and the rest of the staff at Club IT and have compiled the following notes: • Club IT’s customers are mostly Net Generation and Millennials. They regularly use mobile technologies such as Blackberries, PDAs, camera phones, and other wireless communication devices. Online shopping is a regular part of their lives. • Not many nightclubs have taken advantage of various e-commerce activities, and Ruben sees this as an opportunity to gain...
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...3. Comprehensive Discussion on Consumerism Issues Panasonic adopted Firefox OS on their TV Panasonic faced huge competition in distributing and promoting the smart TV with operating system among the competitors such as Sony with Android TV, LG with webOS and Samsung with Tizen. In order to stay stable among the competitors, Panasonic made a great effort in their Smart TV platforms. Hence, Panasonic united together with Mozilla and subsequently came out with Panasonic Smart TV powered by Firefox OS. (Hands on: Panasonic Firefox OS Smart TV, 2015). By launching Firefox OS in smart TV, it will definitely bring more choices to customers, hardware manufacturers, developers and community. Panasonic has used the Firefox OS since year 2014. This development of the Firefox OS enhances the accessibility of the smart TV by supporting the HTML5 and web technologies on desktop computer and smart phones or tablets. (Harris, 2014). Simultaneously, this platform also facilitates the consumers in the optimal access to web browsers as well as broadcasts the content and services through the Internet. With the introduction of new Mozilla-pioeered WebAPIs for hardware operation, next generation smart TVs are capable of monitoring and controlling the devices of the home appliances. (Harris, 2014). Other than that, the manufacturers can create innovative applications across the connected devices by leveraging the flexibility of the web. (First Panasonic Smart TVs powered by Firefox OS Debut Worldwide...
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...types of EC activities Business-to-Business (B2B) An interaction between the business people and other organizations is known as Business-to-Business (B2B). For example www.walmart.com and www.Sams club.com Business-to-consumer (B2C) Business selling to individual shoppers is known as Business-to-consumer (B2C). For example www.Barnes&Nobles.com. E-tailing Online shopping having access to products of interest for the consumers, by visiting their website directly is called E-tailing. For example Amazon, e-Bay. Business-to-Business-to-consumer (B2B2C) Business providing some product or service to a client business that maintains its own customers is known as (B2B2C). Consumer-to-Business (C2B) A consumer uses internet to sell products or services to organizations or individuals seeking sellers, to bid on products or services they need. For example e-Bay. Business-to-employees (B2E) Organization delivers services, information, or products to its individual employees. For example www.asics.com Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Consumer sells the product directly to other consumer. For example www.craigslist.com List of advantages and disadvantages of Electronic Commerce Advantages - 24/7 services for buying or selling products - Readily available to customers - Easy to manage a business - Faster and user friendly buying/selling procedure - Low operational costs and better quality of services - No need of physical company set-ups for business Disadvantages - No...
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...Product Design and Development Strategy On 5 September 2012, BBC reports that Lumia 920, which is the flagship device in Europe, features wireless charging as well as its revolutionary camera pure view, which allows you to take pictures at night. Nokia argues that it can capture 10 times the amount of light, compared to the rest of the Smartphones in the market (“Nokia unveils two” 2012). This feature creates competitive advantage for the company as well as technological leadership. The 820 model featured also wireless charging however less impressive technology and a slightly smaller display (Stevenson, 2012) Customers have encountered problems with the phone software. Such as, Lumia 900, which is the flagship device for US, has been introduced with software bug, which prevents users from connecting to the Internet (“Bug hits new”, 2012). This has surely caused negative word of mouth for the devices, as well as disappointment for the owners of the Windows phone, it has surely affected European customer base as well. Apps that run on Windows phone are much less than those that Android and IOS offer for their customers. This is a huge problem for Nokia, as apps are really important for the Smartphone user. Nokia’s devices are offered in different colours such as green, red and yellow so the customers can customize the phone by their preferences. The devices are differentiated in the product part of the marketing mix. However it does not become clear whether the products...
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...brand in a business-to-business context different from doing so in the consumer market is very important in both sectors. Creating and emergent a strong product is a very serious step towards introduction or situations a corporation apart from its challengers. This pace depends on many inconsistent within the company settings within which the corporation subsist and be in the right place. An case in point an group has to comprehend its process, its promotion and most prominently who its patrons and opponents are within the industry. A trademark is basically a name, drawing or score that notifies and advises its clients the distinctiveness of a goods and also facilitates patrons to decrease most jeopardy concerned in the exchange conclusion. To grow a business-to-business (B2B) product, a business must be ready and capable to apportion and conduit some of its possessions and liveliness on enlightening its customers. This engages, the opening to the good(s) in subject and the organization’s character such as its competence and the customary and eminence of its good(s). Responsiveness and edification and operations are the furthermost paraphernalia’s in a B2B to facilitate the sale of the standing of a company and its trade name and good(s), which Cisco effectively accomplished. In a B2B the embattled assemblage is more often than not a firm, institute or corporation. During its B2B, Cisco listening carefully to its thought on manufacturers of IT conclusion within business and company...
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