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An Investigation To Measure The Performance Of Commercial Printing Firms For Conducting Business-To-Customer Activities On The Web, Devang Pranlal Mehta

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This research was conducted to investigate the current status of commercial printing firms regarding the success of their performance using Web technology for conducting business-to-customer (B2C) activities. It was primarily based on Rogers' innovation theory and Auger's empirical study. The impact of the Web technology on the organizational performance was studied. The organizational performance was divided into three levels: financial performance (FP), non-financial performance (NFP), and overall performance (OP). The financial performance was measured by four financial indicators; whereas, the non-financial performance was measured by three non-financial indicators. The overall performance was then measured by adding the four financial performance …

Principles Of Internet Marketing By Ward Hanson, Ohio: South Western College Publishing, 2000., Prashant Mishra

IIMB Management Review

Principles of Internet Marketing attempts to provide a framework to understand the forces driving the Internet revolution in marketing and business; to describe the new tools and techniques of Internet marketing and to build an understanding of how these fit the existing paradigms. An attempt has also been made to look at the emerging challenges such as distribution channel conflicts, legal problems from marketing decisions and new skills for an Internet age.

An Efficient And Practical Scheme For Privacy Protection In E-Commerce Of Digital Goods, Feng Bao, Robert H. Deng, Peirong Feng

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

It is commonly acknowledged that customers’ privacy in electronic commerce should be well protected. The solutions may come not only from the ethics education and legislation, but also from cryptographic technologies. In this paper we propose and analyze a privacy protection scheme for e-commerce of digital goods. The scheme takes cryptography as its technical means to realize privacy protection for online customers. It is efficient in both computational cost and communication cost. It is very practical for real e-commerce systems compared with previous solutions. The cryptographic technique presented in this paper is rather simple. But the scheme has great application …

Electronic Commerce Strategy – Looking Through The Lenses Of An Innovation Strategy Model, A. Fruhling, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The world is in the midst of a revolution in the way businesses perform commerce. Many industries who were in the past relatively low tech are now finding themselves in a situation where they must embrace technology and prepare to compete head-on using ECommerce. This paradigm shift in thinking and competition is creating opportunities and chaos. This paper examines the innovation capability of organizations in evaluating and deploying their E-Commerce strategies. An Innovation Strategy Model is used in this research as the theoretical foundation. The case study and survey research methodologies were selected. Data gathering and analysis are in progress. …

E-Business Curriculum In Action At The University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Keng Siau, S. Davis

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Offering e-business/e-commerce courses no longer provides competitive advantages. They are now a competitive necessity. Schools already offering the courses are continuously refining the curriculum to keep up with the innovations in the area. Schools without these courses are frantically trying to put one together. Irrespective of whether a school is a leader or a lagger, all schools face the same problem -- how to keep the ebusiness curriculum up-to-date and relevant to industry. This article looks at the e-business curriculum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It presents our curriculum objectives and the lessons learned.

E-Commerce Systems: Architecture, Infrastructure, Model, And Development Methodology, A. Bajaj, Keng Siau

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The last decade has seen tremendous growth in the world wide web (WWW) (Berners-Lee, Caillau, Luotonen, Nielsen, & Secret, 1994) and e-commerce, which now offers organizations and consumers a unique channel to deliver and purchase goods and services. E-commerce is popularly classified as B2B (business to business), B2C (business to consumer) and C2C (consumer to consumer). B2B e-commerce, which is currently the fastest growing segment of e-commerce (Fellenstein & Wood, 2000), consists of making more efficient the flow of goods and services across organizations. This efficiency is typically increased using standards for electronic data exchange, automating certain processes across organizations …

E-Tax: Fundamental Tax Reform And The Transition To A Currency-Free Economy, Daniel S. Goldberg

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

An E-Commerce Site Generator, Younik Lee

Theses Digitization Project

"The e-commerce site generator called "CARTSHARE" is a software application that provides Web-based user tools to conduct e-business over the Internet. The purpose of this software is to provide an affordable and accessible environment for small businesses to conduct e-commerce in a simple manner."

Implementation Business-To-Business Electronic Commerce Website Using Active Server Pages, Sumuscha Teesri

Theses Digitization Project

E-commerce is the current approach for doing any type of business online, which uses the superior power of digital information to understand the requirements and preferences of each client and each partner, to adapt products and services for them, and then to distribute the products and services as swiftly as possible.

A Web-Based Application For Ladies Shopping Store, Sitiol Alice Aegidius

Student Works (2000-2009)

Within a few short years, electronic commerce has revolutionized global industries as companies all around the world are joining this Internet economy bandwagon. Conducting commercial activities via the Internet is no doubt one of the best ways to expand a business. This enables buyers and sellers of any size or industry to come together for trading purposes in a convenient, cost efficient and secure online environment. Electronic Ladies Shopping Store (e-LSS) is an. e-commerce site that sells and promotes ladies products such as clothes, fragrances, accessories and many more. The main objective of this project is to develop an interactive …

Human Resource Management System, Peeie Mohd Hailmeezan

Student Works (2000-2009)

For a developing country like Malaysia, business has been an important aspect to generate the country's economy. As we are moving fast to the electronic and computerized end, electronic commerce has become one of the impacts from the rapidly changing and developing technology. Therefore, in order to keep with the rapidly changing business trends, Human Resources Management System is developed to all employees who prefer auctions online through this system. The Human Resources Management System takes this opportunity to develop a web-based system which provide different approach for data management and provide complete support for all human resources needs with …

Online Flowers And Gifts Shop, Kwung See Chit

Student Works (2000-2009)

With the tremendous growth of the Internet and the expansion of the World Wide Web, more and more information is being put on the Internet. The Internet creates a global marketplace that breaks the barrier of time, place and distance, within which conducts Electronic Commerce. E-Commerce is a system that includes not only those transactions that center on buying and selling good and services to directly generate revenue, but also those transactions that support customer service, or facilitating communications between business partners. This thesis describes a developed system to automate purchasing of goods online. The Online Flowers and Gifts Shop …

Intelligent Agent For E-Commerce Using Genetic Algorithm, Sun Sun Kok

Student Works (2000-2009)

This project report outlines the introduction, literature study and methodology, system analysis and design, system implementation, system testing and summary of the whole project. The major objective of this system is to develop an intelligent agent that can gather. analyze and categorize information from the Web on the printers that complying the parameters specified /identified by the web users, and to provide recommendations for online purchases for all types of printers. The recommended web sites are restricted to web pages that provide online purchase facilities and deliveries in Malaysia. The system is able to update the information from the database …

Sistem Penjualan Dan Penghantaran Barang Berkonsepkan Multimedia, Muhammad Razlan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Projek Ilmiah Tahap Akhir 2 ini merupakan kursus yang diwajibkan oleh Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat Universiti Malaya bagi melayakkan diri para pelajar bagi memenuhi sebahagian syarat-syarat penganugerahan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat. Laporan ini dibuat berdasarkan tentang pendedahan dan penyampaian melalui kajian terpennci, pembahagian masa pembikinan atau penjadualan kerja, pengagihan waktu, dan pelbagai lagi penekaan yang diberikan .Setiap latihan yang diperolehi dan dilakukan adalah mengikut jadual Laporan ini juga merupakan rentetan perjalanan projek yang telah dijalankan di serata halaman-halaman web terutamanya di sebelah barat. Segala perancangan dan pembanggunan projek diadaptasikan dalam laporan ini bertujuan untuk …

E-Commerce As A Competitive Advantage For Small Businesses: Overcoming Privacy And Security Issues, Ron Lennon, Julisse Oquist

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) trend have captivated people in every corner of the world. The presence of both individuals and businesses on the Internet grows every day. For example, in 1998 businesses' presence on the Internet grew so much that many described 1998 as the ".com" year. But why is it that the Internet is so attractive to all of us? The reason lies in the ease of use of the Internet, the speed of obtaining results, the amount of information available, and the global reach that the Internet has. For all these reasons, the Internet …

E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies, M. Rossi, Keng Siau, S. Purao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Methodologies. This is the first time we organize this new minitrack on electronic commerce systems development. The flexibility, scalability, user-friendliness, privacy, security, intuitiveness, and other important characteristics of electronic commerce systems make the systems development process of such systems very multifaceted and complex. Today, most electronic commerce systems are built based on intuition and rule of thumbs.Many practitioners have the misconception that there is no need for a systematic modeling and design technique for these systems. The lack of appropriate methods and methodologies to support electronic commerce systems development is another stumbling block. Most of the widely used methods are …

The Impact Of Electronic Commerce On Business-Level Strategies, Ann L. Fruhling, Lester A. Digman

Interdisciplinary Informatics Faculty Publications

This paper examines the impact of electronic commerce on business-level strategies. The paper examines electronic commerce (E.C) from the perspective of intra-business E.C., business-to-business E.C., business-to-consumer E.C., and value/supply chain management. Business-level strategies are considered to include: added-value, differentiation, cost leadership, focus, and growth source. The paper concludes that E-commerce will have significant impacts on each of the business-level strategic areas.

E-Commerce : Web Page Standards And Consumer Confidence, Natarajan @ Kumar Nc Krishnan

Student Works (2000-2009)

This thesis involves around the generation of a set of recommendations for web page design that could be possibly used by authorities or auditing firms to audit and approve commercial web pages that comply to the standards. The recommendations shall cover what information consumers would like to see on commercial web pages. The contents of a web page are critically important in Electronic Commerce as it is the only interface between consumers and the merchant. Web Page Approval shall be a preferred way of identifying a web page to do online business by potential consumers. Consumer shall have increased confidence …

Business Use Of The Internet In The Unit Trust Industry, Leap Sing Tee

Student Works (2000-2009)

The worldwide network of computers, called "Internet", provides opportunities for a company to do business in cyberspace. The Internet is the first exciting, significant marketing tool to emerge in recent years. Organization find it more and more important to represent themselves on the Internet to get more customers, to increase the public awareness of the companies and their products. However, the use of Internet by the Malaysia business is still at the early stage and most of the corporate leaders are finding it difficult to keep up with fast moving markets. Therefore, this paper intends to investigate how the unit …

Consumer Perceptions Of The Internet As A Product And Service Infomation Source, Kevin Nguy

Theses : Honours

The Internet is fast becoming an important product and service information source. Consumers are using the medium for gathering information on products and services. The Internet has unique characteristics, which makes it a powerful medium for communication. However, what is the perception of the product and service information on the Internet? This study aims to contribute to an understanding of consumers' perception of product and service information on the Internet. The research is exploratory in nature. Consumers' perceptions towards the Internet as a product and service information source were measured along a construct relating to perceptions towards the Internet information. …

A Study Of Australian Managers' Perceptions Of The Internet, Roman Vargha

Theses : Honours

Despite its young age the Internet has grown to become a significant new medium for businesses and their customers. The existing literature suggests that some businesses are not going on-line whilst others are: embracing the new technology, but as yet little research has been conducted as to the reasons for this difference in take-up rate. Even less research has been conducted from an Australian perspective, with most research originating in the United States. This preliminary study explored the differing perceptions of eight Perth-based managers of businesses that are on-line compared to those that are not on-line. Of particular interest was …

The E-Landscape: An Unexplored Goldmine Of The New Millennium, Thow Yick Liang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The Internet is an intangible cyberworld created by the human mind. Exploring and exploiting this e-landscape requires a totally redefined mindset. The fact that it exists in the mental realm also makes it a nonlinear system. In this respect, understanding both intangible and nonlinear dynamics is a requisite to the proper exploitation of e-commerce. The e-landscape is a new edge of chaos where order and disorder co-exist. It could be a goldmine for those who swiftly recognize structure in this highly disordered territory. The tremendous number of opportunities and uncertainties embedded in the submerged portion of this iceberg are still …

Examining The Impact Of Internet Electronic Commerce On Commercial Organizations In Saudi Arabia, Fahad Abdullah Alyabis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Saudi Arabia is undergoing tremendous change in both infrastructure and economics, which is helping the Internet to flourish in the region. Although growth of electronic commerce (EC) is slow, it is becoming increasingly global. Businesses worldwide are engaging in this commercial evolution.

The purpose of this study was to provide consumers and commercial organizations in Saudi Arabia with practical information regarding electronic commerce. It attempted to explore the perspectives of Internet users, information technology (IT) professionals, business owners, and managers of online businesses in Saudi Arabia.

Two survey instruments were used to gather data for this study. The first survey …

Trends. Will E-Commerce Lead To E-Politics? Electronic Voting In The 21st Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the possibility of online (electronic) voting.

Failing To Make That Connection:An Analysis Of The Web Reservation Facility In The Top 50 International Hotel Chains, Patrick Horan, Peter O'Connor

Conference papers

Consumers increasingly expect to be able to locate and book suitable hotel accommodation in a single seamless process over the World Wide Web. By assessing the facilities provided by the top 50 worldwide hotel companies, the current level of sophistication of hotel Web reservations facilities is established. Factors such as the provision of search facilities, on-line availability and rate quotations and security are examined. In addition, a comparison is made between the information obtained over the Web and that available through each company’s call centre in an attempt to assess the accuracy and credibility of data obtained through Web reservations …

The Threat Of Long-Arm Jurisdiction To Electronic Commerce, Robert J. Aalberts, Anthony M. Townsend, Michael E. Whitman

Faculty Articles

Unfortunately for those whose businesses rely on the Internet, an increasing amount of legal conflict is also arising in reaction to this new business medium. As attorneys and the courts attempt to sort out the Internet’s legal status quo, both are considering such pressing substantive issues as electronic contracts, privacy, trademark, copyright, defamation, computer crimes, censorship, and taxation. It is imperative that information system professionals become aware of how evolving Internet law will affect the medium they are charged with administrating. An informed IS community is also much more capable of mounting legal and political challenges to law that might …

Webonomics: Better Business Through The Web, Patrick Horan, Peter O'Connor

Conference papers

Develop an effective online presence to reach a worldwide audience.

Composing Qualitative Research: By Karen Golden-Biddle And Karen D Locke, Sage Publications, 1995, P Agiwal, K Sundara Raj

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Managing The Virtual Corporation, Colin J Coulson Thomas

IIMB Management Review

With companies today increasingly becoming networks and with the growth of outsourcing, teleworking and electronic commerce, work is being undertaken by multi-functional teams and project groups whose members are based in different places. These 'virtual' teams are held together by shared visions and values, common opportunities, and compatible goals and beliefs. While Coulson-Thomas is enthusiastic about the possibilities of the virtual organisation, he draws attention to potential pitfalls and underscores the need to think through aspects such as the stability of virtual relationships, protection of intellectual property, and the development of a common code.

Hospital Marketing And The Internet: Revisited, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell

Faculty Articles

In 1995 a study was conducted to explore the use of the Internet in hospital marketing. Use of the Internet has exploded since that study was published. This manuscript replicates the 1995 study and extends it by investigating several managerial and operational issues concerning the use of the Internet in hospital marketing.