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Selling products or services over the Internet is adding more and more to companies’ revenues and nation’s GDP’s. | Selling products or services over the Internet is adding more and more to companies’ revenues and nation’s GDP’s. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:28, 18 September 2009
Description
Selling products or services over the Internet is adding more and more to companies’ revenues and nation’s GDP’s.
Enablers:
- auction sites like eBay,
- market sites like Betfair.com,
- commercial trading sites such as Dell.com, Amazon.com or B2B sites
- Cheap logistics
Inhibitors:
- taxes
- currency exchange rates
- lower consumer confidence
Paradigms:
shopping without leaving your living room, lower procurement costs The world is one shopping place, the global village
Experts:
Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, Meg Whitman
Timing:
the late 1990’s saw the rapid adoption of e-commerce
Web Resources:
www.dell.com, www.ebay.com, www.amazon.com