Ngominh

Mots-clés : e-business, B2B, B2C, online auction, pure player, click and motar companies, start-ups

E-business is every online activities of commere which are propelled since explosive growth of Internet.

On the Internet, prospectives customers can find everything that he/she wants somewhere even if it is something way-out. But the 7 products bought most often are: books, software, hardware, clothing, music, electronics and travel.

There are 3 principal types of e-business:

B2B ( businesse to businesse): Businesses can sell something to each others. This is by far the most successful forme of e-commerce.

B2C ( businesse to consumer): is the term used for the exchange of goods and services between businesses and customers.

Online auction : the retailer or manufacturer agree with the price that a buyer proposes. Besides, sellers and buyers in online auction can be individual members of public. Sellers post a description of item for sale on a site such as eBay. They set a closing date and an optional reserve price and wait for customers to bid.

Businesses can operate exclusively online, these are called pure players

Very often, however, traditional companies profit Internet to streamline their business. These are called click and motar companies.

E-business has known greats problems facing star-ups which rely heavily on venture capital. Whereas, things seemed to be look up again by mid-2001.