TUTORIAL FOR "AN OVERVIEW OF E-BUSINESS "

Tutorial Tasks

Read these questions before the tutorial and write some thoughts down. You'll need to get together with your team that you're going to complete the assignment with.

We'll work through these questions during the tutorial as a group and put the best answers together.

Tutorial Task 1: e-Business Basics

Have a think about how you would deal with these issues?

• What's moving people to buy and sell online - what are the business and personal drivers?
• Why would someone buy from a particular e-Business?
• When is an e-Business site a good site?
• What makes a bricks-and-mortar business need to consider an e-Business approach?
• How do purchasers benefit from a company with an e-Business offering?
• What is it about the Internet that makes e-Business a realistic option?
• Why do you suppose some e-Business approaches fail?
• Why is it risky to be a consumer online? Why is it risky to be an e-Business?
• How are small businesses affected differently compared to big businesses?