Learning Outcome:
Appraise and evaluate how the landscape of online commerce is changing and evolving.
Assess the emerging social and technical issues associated with e-commerce.
Q1: True /False.
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Reverse auctions are one method of electronic procurement that is very popular with
public organizations where tendering is usually mandatory.
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A major characteristic of B2B e-commerce is that companies attempt to electronically
automate trading, communication, and collaboration processes in order to improve them,
which cannot be done without the Internet.
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B2B EC marketplaces that involve one seller selling to many buyers is called an
exchange.
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 Purchases involving long-term contracts that usually are based on private
negotiations between sellers and buyers is called systematic sourcing
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MRO, which stands for "maintenance, repair, and operation," refers to indirect or
nonproduction materials that support the production process.
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It is easy to integrate existing databases and transaction-processing software into
software that enables e-commerce.
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A vital component to enable e-commerce is called Electronic Funds Transfers.
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E-commerce infrastructure involves Computers and software that are not necessarily
connected to the Internet
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Q2: Find the right answer among the choices given.
1. B2B transactions that involve communication, design, planning, information sharing,
and activities beyond financial transactions among business partners is referred to as:
A) exchanges.
B) collaborative commerce.
C) trading communities.
D) public marketplaces.
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2. What are the two types of materials and supplies that are traded in B2B?
A) digital and physical
B) direct and indirect
C) horizontal and vertical
D) nonproduction and MRO
3. A company's acquisition Web site that uses e-procurement methods such as reverse
auctions, negotiations, or group purchasing to overcome the manual searching of estores is referred to as ________.
A) desktop procurement method
B) buy-side e-marketplace
C) an intermediary
D) aggregated catalog
4. A third party e-commerce web site usually uses ________.
A) catalog only
B) auctions only
C) aggregated catalog and auctions
5. A company's acquisition Web site that uses e-procurement methods such as reverse
auctions, negotiations, or group purchasing to overcome the manual searching of estores is referred to as ________.
A) desktop procurement method
B) buy-side e-marketplace
C) an intermediary
D) aggregated catalog
Q2:Essay
1- Direct translation differs from localization explain with example
2- Differentiate between buy at the buyer’s site and buy at the seller site Eprocurement methods .indicate the techniques that are used by each one
Good luck
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