Business Studies

Emerging Modes of Business

Question:

Discuss the salient aspects of B2C commerce.

Answer:

In this, both the parties involved are business firms and therefore, it has been named as B2B i.e., business to business. Historically, the term e-commerce originally meant for facilitation of B2B transactions using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technology to send and receive commercial documents like purchase orders and invoices. Salient aspects of B2B Commerce:

  1. Need: Creation of utility requires a business to contact with a number of other businesses which
    • May be suppliers
    • May act as channel of distribution.
    •  Different middlemen in different locations;
    •  Changing production as per specifications of the customer.
  2. Benefits:
    • It strengthens and improves the distribution system of a firm. For example, each consignment of goods from a warehouse and the stock in hand can be monitored and replenishments and reinforcements can be set in motion as and when needed.
    • A customer's specifications can be routed through the dealers to the factory so that there may be customized production.
    • B2B E-commerce expedites the movement of information and documents.
    • It also expedites money transfers.
  3. Example: The manufacture of an automobile requires assembly of a large number of components which in turn are being manufactured elsewhere. To reduce dependence on a single vendor, the automobile factory cultivates more than one vendor for each of the components. A network of computers is used for placement of orders, controlling production and delivery of components and making payments.
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Emerging Modes of Business

Q 1.

Write a short note on the history of e-commerce.

Q 2.

What is digital divide? How is it relevant in context of e-business?

Q 3.

Explain various payment mechanisms under e-business.

Q 4.

Explain the measures taken to protect the security and safety of e-transactions.

Q 5.

Discuss the salient aspects of B2C commerce.

Q 6.

State any three differences between E-business and traditional business.

Q 7.

How does outsourcing represent a new mode of business?

Q 8.

Hackers lack certain values. Which are these?

Q 9.

Discuss the limitations of electronic mode of doing business. Are these limitations severe enough to restrict its scope? Give reasons for your answer.

Q 10.

Elaborate the steps involved in online trading.

Q 11.

Which values are of utmost importance while we get involved in e-business?

Q 12.

Differentiate between e-commerce and e-business.

Q 13.

Evaluate the need for outsourcing and discuss its limitations.

Q 14.

Discuss utility of E Commerce in:
(a) Health,
(b) Education,
(c) Governance,

Q 15.

What are the ethical concerns involved in outsourcing?

Q 16.

Describe briefly any two applications of E-business.

Q 17.

Describe briefly the data storage and transmission risks in E-business.

Q 18.

Write a short note on the scope of e-business.

Q 19.

What are the threats to e-transactions? Which measures have been devised for their protection?

Q 20.

Why are E-business and outsourcing referred to as the emerging modes of business? Discuss the factors responsible for the growing importance of these trends.

Q 21.

Show the anatomy of outsourcing.

Q 22.

What resources are required for successful implementation of e-business?

Q 23.

"E-commerce is the need of the hour."Comment.

Q 24.

"E-commerce is giving way to paperless society and government is supporting it."  Substantiate.

Q 25.

Differentiate between traditional business and e-business.