- E-shops
- E-commerce
- E-mails
- Procurement
- Virual Communities
- E- Acuctions
- Collaboration Platforms
- Value-chain Integrators
- Third-party Marketplaces
- Information Brokerage
- Telecommunication
Electronic Business: commonly refrred to as "eBusiness"or" e-business", may be defined as the utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT) in support of all the activities of business. Commerce constitutes the exchange of products and services between businesses, groups and individuals and can be seen as one of the essential activities of any business. Electronic commerce focuses on the use of ICT to enable the external activities and relationships of the business with individuals, groups and other businesses.
Electronic business methods enable compaies to link their internal and external data processing systems more efficiently and flexibly, to work more closely with suppliers and partners, and to better stisfy the needs and ex0pactation of their customers. In practice, e-business in more than just e-commerce. While e-business refers to more strategic focus with an emphasis on the functions that occur using electronic capabilities, e-commerce is a subset of an overall e-busniess strategy. E-commerce seeks to add revenue streams using the World Wide Wed or the Iternet to build and enhance relationships with clients and pratners and to improve efficiency using the Empty Vessel strategy. Often, e-commerce invloves the application of knowledge management systems.