CHAPTER 5: E-commerce Business Strategies

1. How E-commerce Changes Business: Strategy, Structure and Process

1.1. Industry Strucure

1.2. Industry Value Chains

1.3. Firm Value Chains

1.4. Firm Value Webs

1.5. Business Strategy

1.6. E-commerce Technology and Business Model Disruption

2. Major Business-to-business (B2B) Business Models

2.1. E-distributor

2.2. E-procurement

2.3. Exchanges

2.4. Industry Consortia

3. E-commerce Business Models

3.1. Eight Key Elements of A Business Model

3.1.1. Value Proposition

3.1.2. Revenue Model

3.1.3. Market Opportunity

3.1.4. Competitive Environment

3.1.5. Competitive Advantage

3.1.6. Market Strategy

3.1.7. Organizational Development

3.1.8. Management Team

3.2. Raising Capital

3.3. Categorizing E-commerce Business Models: Some Difficulties

3.4. Insight on Business - Crowdfunding Takes Off

4. Major Business-to-comsumer (B2C) Business Models

4.1. E-tailer

4.2. Community Provider

4.3. Content Provider

4.4. Portal

4.5. Insight on Technology: Will The Connected Car Become The Next Hot Entertainment Vehicle?

4.6. Transaction Broker

4.7. Market Creator

4.8. Service Provider