C h a p t e r   1:
Introduction to Electronic Commerce

Introduction

• Autobytel

What is Electronic Commerce?

Traditional Commerce and Electronic Commerce

• Pew Internet and American Life Project
• Commerce One
• General Electric Information Services
• Harbinger
  (now part of Peregrine Systems)
• Sterling
  (now part of Computer Associates)
• Open Market

Traditional Commerce

• Wal-Mart Supplier Proposal Guide

Electronic Commerce

• IBM E-Business
• Cisco Systems
• Peapod

The Internet and World Wide Web

• National Science Foundation
• Bush, Vannevar. "As We May Think,"
  (The Atlantic Monthly, July, 1945.)
• Microsoft
• Netscape Communications
  (now owned by AOL Time Warner)
• Silicon Graphics
• BrightPlanet

Exercises

Exercise 1

• CompUSA
• Office Depot
• Staples

Exercise 2

• Germany: Wired News Report, "German Net Porn Conviction"
• Germany: Wired News Report, "Germany Fears Net Backlash"
• China: Wired News Report, "China Beefs Up Net Crackdown"
• China: Wired News Report, "China: The Great Firewall"

Exercise 3

• Amazon.com
• Barnes and Noble
• Books-A-Million
• eCampus
• Internet Bookshop

Additional Resources

• Business 2.0
• Business Week e.biz
• Center for Electronic Commerce - Emory University
• Center for Research in Electronic Commerce - University of Texas at Austin
• Centre for Electronic Commerce - Monash University
  (Australia)
  
  
• CIO E-Business Research Center
• Cornell University Library Guide to E-commerce
• E-Commerce Times
• Fast Company
• ZDNet Business and Technology Today
  (was InfoWorld Electric Top I-Commerce News)
• internet.com E-commerce Guide
• Net Valley
  (was Internet Valley Consulting and Publishing)
• Internet World E-Commerce Section
• Matthew Gray's Internet Statistics
  
  
• Microsoft TechNet Electronic Commerce Pages
• Netnomics - Economic Research and Electronic Networking
• Netscape Net Economy Column Series
• Network Wizards Internet Domain Survey
• Newsbytes E-commerce
  
  
• Northern Light Special Edition: Electronic Commerce
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Electronic Commerce Pages
• The Industry Standard Archives (1998-2001)
• Upside Today
• U.S. Department of Commerce - Secretariat for Electronic Commerce
• ZDNet E-Business