Ebusiness

 E-BUSINESS MODEL 

A business model is a plan that details how a company creates, delivers, and generates revenues.
Ebusiness model is a plan that details how a company creates, delivers  and generates revenues on Internet

Ebusiness Models

Brick-and-Mortar Business
A business that operates in a physical store without an internet presence
* Example : The Gap

Click - and- Mortar Business
A business that operates in a physical store and on the Internet
* Example : Calaqisya, Barnes & Nobles

Pure-Play (Virtual) Business
A business that operates on the internet only without a physical store
*Example : Google

 E-BUSINESS TOOLS FOR CONNECTING AND COMMUNICATING 

• EMAIL
• INSTANT MESSAGING
• VIDEOCONFERENCING
• CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Help companies manage the creation,storage,editing of their website content.

Taxonomy - Scientific classification of organisms into group based on similarities of structure or origin
Information Architecture - The set of ideas about how all information in a given context should be organized 

 THE CHALLENGES OF E-BUSINESS 

• Protecting Consumers
• leveraging existing system
• increasing liability
• providing security