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Distinguish Between E-Business and E-Commerce

Today we live in a digital world. Everything around us is becoming smarter, faster, more connected, and becoming increasingly digital. The progress of digital technology is unstoppable. Almost all the world's population, from toddlers to elderly people use it so that life becomes easier and more practical. The convenience offered by digital has reached all the joints of human life. until the term IOT (Internet of Things) emerged, which is a concept where an object has the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human interaction to a computer. IoT has evolved from the convergence of wireless technology, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and the Internet. E-Business and E-Commerce are examples of IoT implications in the economic field. Many marketplace and website start-ups are emerging and competing to attract customers, almost every one of us has done internet-based transactions.

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Distinguish Between E-Business and E-Commerce

Today we live in a digital world. Everything around us is becoming smarter, faster, more connected, and becoming increasingly digital. The progress of digital technology is unstoppable. Almost all the world's population, from toddlers to elderly people use it so that life becomes easier and more practical. The convenience offered by digital has reached all the joints of human life. until the term IOT (Internet of Things) emerged, which is a concept where an object has the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human interaction to a computer. IoT has evolved from the convergence of wireless technology, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and the Internet. E-Business and E-Commerce are examples of IoT implications in the economic field. Many marketplace and website start-ups are emerging and competing to attract customers, almost every one of us has done internet-based transactions.

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Distinguish Between E-Business and E-Commerce

Niswatun Chaira

E-Business

E-business stands for electronic business, refers to the use of digital technology and the
Internet to execute the major business processes in the enterprise. E-business includes activities
for the internal management of the firm and for coordination with suppliers and other business
partners. It also includes electronic commerce or e-commerce. The term “e-business” was
coined by IBM’s marketing and Internet team in 19961.

There are two E-Business types2:


1. Pure play
This refers to a company that focuses on one particular kind of product or service,
instead of various kinds at once.
2. Brick and click
This term is suitable for a company that runs their business in both online and offline
way. That is mean, while they have a website and offer their products or services online,
at the same time they also have a physical store and sell their products or services there.

E-Commerce

According to the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Electronic Commerce,


Vladimir Zwass, ‘Electronic commerce is sharing business information, maintaining business
relationships and conducting business transactions by means of telecommunications networks’3.

E-commerce is the part of e-business that deals with the buying and selling of goods and
services over the Internet. It also encompasses activities supporting those market transactions,
such as advertising, marketing, customer
support, security, delivery, and payment.

There are several types of E-Commerce:


1. Business to consumer (B2C)
2. Business to business (B2B)
3. Consumer to business (C2B)
4. Consumer to consumer (C2C)
5. Government to business (G2B)
6. Business to government (B2G)
7. Consumer to government (G2C)

1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_business
2
https://medium.com/@Magento_expert/e-business-vs-e-commerce-know-the-differences-151ec9baf0fe
3
V. Zwass, ‘Structure and macro-level impacts of electronic commerce: from technological infrastructure to
electronic marketplaces’, http://www.mhhe. com/business/mis/zwass/ecpaper.html
The Advantages and Limitations of E-Business and E-Commerce

ADVANTAGES4 LIMITATIONS5
Reduce money and time spent for your Security and Integrity Issues
business
Flexible business hours Purchase to Delivery Time
Remove location restriction Momentary Intangibility
Easily track your business growth Sectoral Limitations
Reach your customer faster Ecommerce Is Highly Competitive6

Comparison Chart Between E-Business and E-Commerce 7

BASIS FOR E-COMMERCE E-BUSINESS


COMPARISON

Meaning Trading of merchandise, over the Running business using the


internet is known as E-commerce. internet is known as E-business.

What is it? Subset Superset

Is it limited to monetary Yes No


transactions?

What they carry out? Commercial transactions Business transactions

Approach Extroverted Ambiverted

Requires Website Website, CRM, ERP, etc.

Which network is used? Internet Internet, Intranet and Extranet.

4
https://medium.com/@Magento_expert/e-business-vs-e-commerce-know-the-differences-151ec9baf0fe
5
https://bizfluent.com/list-6023059-disadvantages-e-business.html
6
https://id.oberlo.com/blog/20-ecommerce-advantages-and-disadvantages
7
https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-e-commerce-and-e-business.html

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