Essentials of E-Commerce

We feel immense pleasure to launch this book “Essentials of E-Commerce”. In this era, it is very essential to know our students about Electronic Commerce because; In the Global economy with Global Consumers, E-Commerce is the vital component of a great Business Strategy for Business Development and Business Expansion.
The continued expansion of E-Commerce during pandemic has increased the competition in online businesses space. Changed Consumer’s Behavior putting high pressure on Businesses and opening new opportunities for businesses to compete not only locally but also globally.
The trend has now accelerated the digitization of the economy, by increasing the importance of E-Commerce and moving a large number of Consumers online, a trend that will continue to increase leading to a future where at least 90% of the purchases will be online.
This book is especially composed as per new syllabus which is based on National Education Policy – 2020 for students of Commerce at undergraduate level. However, this book is very useful for other courses like BCA, BBA, PDCA etc. It can be used by students of other discipline as ready reference to get a basic idea of e-commerce.
An attempt has been made in this first edition to present the concept and its uses of E-Commerce in a student friendly manner with help of figures, diagrams and real life examples from the current business scenario.The present book consists of 09 chapters which covers all the respective topics related to E- Commerce in details.

Essentials of E-Commerce Syllabus For B.Com. IInd Semester of Various Universities of Uttar Pradesh.

1. Internet and Commerce : Business Operations in Commerce Practices Vs. Traditional Business Practices; Benefits of E-Commerce to Organization, Consumers, and Society; Limitation of E-Commerce.
2. Application in B2C : Consumers Shopping Procedure on The Internet; Products in B2C Model; E-Brokers; Broker-Based Service Online; Online Travel Tourism Services; Benefits and Impact of E-Commerce on Travel Industry, Online Stock Trading and Its Benefits; Online Banking and Its Benefit; Online Financial Services and its Future.
3. Application in B2B : Applications of B2B; Key Technologies for B2B, Characteristics of the Supplier Oriented Marketplace, Buyer Oriented Marketplace and Intermediate Oriented Marketplace; Just in Time Delivery in B2B.

• Applications in Governance : EDI in Governance; E-Government; E-Governance Applications of The Internet, Concept of Government-To- Business, Business-To-Government and Citizen-To-Government; E-Governance Models; Private Sector Interface in E-Governance.

Contents

1. Introduction To E-Commerce
2. Types Of E-Commerce Or Business Models Of E-Commerce
3. Internet And Commerce
4. Electronic Payment System
5. Electronic Data Interchange
6. E-Commerce Applications In B2C
7. E-Commerce Applications In B2B
8. E-Commerce Applications In Governance
9. Security And Legal Aspects Of E-Commerce