With the development of electronic technology and the Internet (Internet network), information technology is introduced into trade activities as tools, producing e-commerce (Electronic Commerce, EC, EC). Popular, e-commerce is on a platform for computer networks (mainly to the Internet network), business activities are carried out in accordance with certain standards. The various activities that occurred in the company are e-commerce. There are a variety of e-commerce definitions. Below is a more comprehensive definition of some organizations, governments, companies, academic groups, etc., hereby introduced to everyone for reference: United Nations Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD): E-commerce is inconspicuous on the open network Business to Business to Business, Business To Consumer Business Trading. UNITRAL: E-commerce is an electronic data exchange (EDI) and other communication methods to enhance international trade functions. The draft global information infrastructure committee (GIIC) e-commerce work committee report: e-commerce is an economic activity using electronic communication as a means, and in this way people can promote, purchase and settlement, purchase and settlement of products and services with economic value. This kind of transaction is not affected by the ownership of geographical location, how much funds or retail channels, private enterprises, companies, government organizations, various social groups, general citizens, entrepreneurs can participate in extensive economic activities, including Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, industrial, private and government services. E-commerce allows products to trade around world and provide a variety of options to consumers. International Standardization Organization (ISL / IEC) UN / ECE About EB Understanding Memorandum: E-Commerce (EB) is a general term for information content and demand exchange between enterprises and consumers. IBM: E-Business Concepts include three parts: EXTRANET E-commerce (E-Commerce) It emphasizes its commercial application in network computing environment, not only It is the combination of hardware and software, not only the narrow e-Comerce we often emphasizes the transaction, but the buyer, seller, manufacturer and its partners in the Internet, intranet ( INTRANET, and the application of the outlands (EXTRANET). It also emphasizes that these three parts are level. Only a good intranet is established, establish a relatively complete standard and various information infrastructure to extend smoothly to the EXTRANET, and finally extend to E-Commerce. HP (HP): HP proposes e-commerce (EC), electronic business (EB), electronic consumption (EC) and the concept of electronic world. It is the definition of e-commerce is: through electronic means to accomplish business trading activities, e-commerce enabled us to exchange items and services in electronic transactions, and are merchants and customers. Contact link between. It includes two basic forms: the e-commerce between the business and the business community and the final consumers.
Definition of Electronic Business (E-Business): A new type of business, through the Internet-based information structure, making companies, suppliers, partners, and customers, using electronic business sharing information, e -business not only Effectively enhance the implementation of existing business processes, and can make a fast response to the market, and adjust the current business process in time. More importantly, e -business itself has created more and updated business actions for companies. Definition of Electronic Consumption (E-Consumer): People use a series of activities such as entertainment, learning, work, and shopping, making the family's entertainment more and more transition from traditional television to i NTERNET. General Electric Corporation (GE): E-commerce is an electronic commerce and e-commerce and consumers divided into electronic commerce and consumers. E-commerce between enterprises and enterprises: EDI is the core technology, the value-added network (VAN) and the Internet (Internet) as the main means, realizing the electronic production of business processes between enterprises, with electronic production management systems within the enterprise, and improves companies from Production, inventory, to circulate (including materials and funds). E-commerce between enterprises and consumers: Provide a means of providing public consumption and service providing methods and related payment methods with Internet. US Government: E-commerce is through Internet, including: advertising, trading, payment, service, etc., global e-commerce will involve global countries. Summary, we can say this: From a macro, e-commerce is another revolution in the computer network, which is to establish a new economic order through electronic means, but it refers not only to electronic technology and business transactions itself, but also involves Other levels of financial, taxation, education, etc. From a microscopic perspective, e-commerce refers to an entity (manufacturing enterprise, commerce enterprises, financial institutions, government agencies, personal consumers) with commercial capacity (manufacturers, business companies, financial institutions, government agencies, personal consumers) to utilize networks and advanced Commercial trade activities for digital media technology. Although there is no unity, clear understanding of e-commerce, even e-commerce can be traced back to the trade activities transmitted in the wire in the form of Morse code points and lines. The development of electronic data exchange in the 1970s can be considered to be a true e-commerce, but due to its complexity and non-versatility, it is seriously constrained in the possibility of comprehensive promotion. It truly enables the development of e-commerce to develop communication standards and HTML standards from the IT industry, which has become the revolutionary change brought by the mainstream of e-commerce, which has opened up new era using electronic means for business activities. 〖Time Browse〗
