1. Introduction to MIS Chapter 7 Electronic Business Technology Toolbox: Paying for Transactions Technology Toolbox: Choosing Web Server Technologies Cases: Entrepreneurship

3. Electronic Business Large business Small business/ supplier Customer Salesperson The Internet Orders, Auctions, and EDI Sales and CRM Service, orders, and information Web hosting and Web-based services Consumers

4. Forms of Electronic Commerce Business Consumer Business B2B EDI Commodity auctions B2C Consumer-oriented Sales Support Consumer C2B Minimal examples, possibly reverse auctions like PriceLine and job contract sites C2C Auction sites (eBay) But many of these are dominated by small business sales.

6. E-Commerce B2C U.S. Sales http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html EC/Total = 3.4% in 2006-Q4 EC 4Q/Year = 31% Total 4Q/Year = 26% EC Annual 26% average growth rate

7. Production Chain parts supplier parts supplier parts supplier warehouse warehouse supplier supplier supplier tool manufacturer Manufacturer workers wholesaler wholesaler distributor distributor distributor retail store retail store retail store retail store Consumers

8. Disintermediation Manufacturer Retailer Consumer Production Chain E-commerce website

9. Dynamic Pricing P Q D S Perfect competition price Price consumer is willing to pay The ultimate goal is to set individual prices for each consumer to capture the maximum price each is willing to pay. As opposed to the perfect competition price, where everyone pays the same price, and some customers gain because they were willing to pay more.

10. Consumer Services: Social Networking MySpace Google Ads Advertiser Content Ad $ $

11. Distributed Services Company 1 Company 2 The Internet Original document Translated document Internet Service e.g., automated document translation

12. E-Commerce Risk Mitigation products or services Vendor Customer Encrypt (credit card data) Verify vendor identity. Encrypt (Database) Consumer is protected by credit card company. Vendor is not protected by credit card and has only weak methods to verify customer identity. Encryption protects transmission of data and verifies identity of vendor. It is critical that vendors protect their databases.

14. Digital Cash Bank Consumer Vendor Trusted Party Service Conversion to real money (1) Consumer purchases a cash value. (2) Customer chooses product, sends ID or digital cash number. (3) Cash amount is verified and added to vendor account. PayPal is similar, but takes a more interactive role in every transaction. All item data is sent through PayPal.

15. Web Advertising Revenue

16. Web Advertising Placement User Web browser Publisher Website Advertisers DoubleClick content Ad request page page + ad link Browse info ad negotiate sites negotiate ads Rotate ads Track hits Collect money Distribute payments Track customers

19. Web site Log Analyzer SurfStats pro

21. Web Hosting Options Business Situation Hosting Options Small business with a few basic items. Static HTML with a Buy Now button. Unique items of uncertain value. eBay auction. Many items but minimal configuration issues. Web commerce server hosted by third party. Many unique items and merchant identity is not critical. Amazon MarketPlace. Unique service. Custom programming, probably run on a hosted server. Custom application with tight linkages to in-house applications and databases. Custom programming running on your own servers.

22. Simple Static HTML Web Site Main Web Page Categories … Category 1 Product photo … … Category 2 Product photo … … Category 3 Product photo … … Product 1 Description Price Photo Product 2 Description Price Photo Product n Description Price Photo Product 3 Description Price Photo

23. Simple Web Site with Buy Now Button Merchant Web site Product Description Price Buy Now Shopping Cart Item Price … … Total Check Out Credit Card Data Name Address Phone Card Number Submit Card Processor Site Customer Notification (Accept/Reject) Notify merchant http://www.goemerchant.com/index.htm http://www.paypal.com http://checkout.google.com

24. Credit Card Processing Web Server Visa MasterCard Settlements Issuing Bank Merchant Bank Online Card Processor Digital Certificate Encrypted Card Data CA: Verisign Pay registrar (Verisign) $35/year for domain name. Pay CA (Verisign) $250/year for certificate Pay card processor (Verisign) and Merchant bank fixed fee and value fee: 2%-5% CC Data CC Data Validation Confirm +$ -$

26. Amazon.com MarketPlace Vendor Transfer Description Price Scanned image Contact info Consumer Product search Choose vendor Pay for item Transaction Processing Amazon.com handles credit Sends order info to merchant Merchant ships item to consumer Cameras Description Price Checkout Catalog Database Search

27. Web Commerce Servers Your Web site Products Shopping cart Sales Web servers Database Commerce Server Shell Web/Commerce Hosting Company Customers Merchants Load database Images Descriptions Prices Customize site

28. Application Service Provider Business Application e.g., Accounting Store data Analyze data Facilitate company interaction Businesses that lease the use of the application

29. Web Hosting Options Business Situation Hosting Options Small business with a few basic items. Static HTML with a Buy Now button. Unique items of uncertain value. eBay auction. Many items but minimal configuration issues. Web commerce server hosted by third party. Many unique items and merchant identity is not critical. Amazon MarketPlace. Unique service. Custom programming, probably run on a hosted server. Custom application with tight linkages to in-house applications and databases. Custom programming running on your own servers.

30. Mobile Commerce As PDAs, cell phones, and tablet computers converge; people will ultimately be able to connect to any business every place they go.

31. Technology Toolbox: Paying for Transactions Payment Method Fixed Cost Fixed Fee Discount Fee Fraud/Insurance Cash Low except for security $0.00 $0.00 Physical security Check-physical $20/month $0.25 1.7% Included Check-electronic $20/month $0.25 2.5% Included Credit Card-physical $10/month Minimum $25 $0.25-$0.50 1.6% Covered: 0.08% fraud average Credit Card-electronic $30-$50/month Minimum $25 $0.25-$0.50 2.6%-4% Not covered: 0.25% fraud average Debit Card Setup/key pads $0.35-$0.55 0% - 2% None PayPal None $0.30 2.2% - 2.9% Covered for physical shipments

32. Quick Quiz: Paying for Transactions 1. Why have consumers rejected most electronic payment mechanisms? 2. What additional fees are charged for international transactions? 3. What happens if a customer refutes a charge?

33. Technology Toolbox: Choosing Web Server Technologies Main Platforms: Java: J2EE IBM Websphere Oracle PHP/PERL/PYTHON Microsoft .NET

34. Quick Quiz: Web Server Technologies 1. Why would programmers become so attached to one system? 2. What are the advantages of choosing the most popular server technology? 3. What are the dominant costs of creating a website?

35. Cases: Retail Sales