E Business Fundamentals 208922848
E Business Fundamentals 208922848
E Business Fundamentals 208922848
• E-Business Fundamentals
• E-Business framework, E-Business application
• Technology Infrastructure for E-Business
• Strategies for Electronic Business, Business Models for E-business
• Web portals and Vortals concepts.
• E-Governance
Unit-5: EDI:
• EDI
• Application in business
Legal
Security
Standardization
• EDI software implementation
• VANs (value added net work) Internet based EDI.
• ERP: Only basic concepts
• SAP and Oracle Basic Concepts Only
Text Readings:
1. Ravi Kalakotta & Whinston B., “Frontiers of e-Commerce”, Pearson
Education,Reprint 2009 New Delhi
2. Lauden and Traver. E-Commerce: Business Technology Society, 4th
Edition, 2009 Pearson Education, New Delhi
3. Schneider ,e-Commerce Strategy Technology and
Implementation,1st,edition,2008, Cengage Learning, India
Suggested Readings:
1. Daniel Amor, “The E-Business (R) Evolution”, PHI Learning, New Delhi,
2. Hanson,E-Commerce & Web Marketing, Cengage Learning, India,1st
edition,2009
3. Kamlesh K. Bajaj & Debjani Nag, “E-Commerce”, Tata McGraw Hills, New
Delhi,
4. Joseph,E-commerce, Indian Perspective,PHI,3RD Edition,2009
5. Murthy C. S. V., e-Commerce, 2007, Himalaya Publishing House.
6. Parag Kulkarni & P.K.. Chande, IT Strategy for Business, 1st edition Oxford
University , Press 2008
Unit I
Q.1 What is electronic business and how does it differ from traditional business?
electronic Business?
Q.5 Discuss the e-business adoption level in your country. What seem to be the main
barriers to adoption?
Q.6 “Confusion over the meanings of e-commerce and e-business will limit the adoption
Q.7 Explain various reasons why a company may wish to introduce e- business.
Q.10 What are the hurdles to establish the trust on the e- business?
Q.14 What are the impact of e- business on Indian Economy as well as developing
countries.
Q.16 Define the elements of a market and describe how electronic business influences
Q.18 What do you understand by a business model? Explain various types of it?
Q.19 What is an Affiliate model? Provide two examples of electronic Business
Q.21 What is Portal? Explain its Services with the help of a common portal.
Q.23 What are the basic architectural elements of electronic Business? Explain them with
Q.24 Describe the Domain name system and how it manages the mane space?
Q.25 Explain the differences between internet, extranet and internet from an e-business
perspective.
Unit 2
Q.3 Describe the concept of Cellular communication? Explain about the basic cellular
system parts?
Q.6 What is Mobile Business? How does it differ from electronic Business?
a. VSAT b. GSM
Q.9 What are Satellite Networks? Explain their working also?
Q.13 What is m-Marketing? What are the different ways used for it?
Q.14 What is m-Payment? What are the benefits of using mobile payments?
Q.15 What risks do consumers face when using mobile Payments, and can they be
protected?
Q.16 What is the difference between the mobile banking and online banking?
a. NEFT b. RTGS
Q.24 Discuss about the various security mechanisms used in mobile computing
environment?
Unit 3
Q.5 what are online micro payments? What are the special considerations involved in the
Q.6 Discuss and differentiate between prepaid and postpaid electronic payment systems.
Q.9What is Smart card? Explain step by step by procedure to define the working of
Q.13 Describe the process to make a transaction by using Electronic cash. Explain the
Q.16 What are the major risks involved the electronic payments. Define them.
Q.17 Explain all the methods of digital token based electronic payment systems.
Q.20 Explain the methods of credit card based electronic payment systems.
Q.21 Define the role of third party in credit card payments using third party verification.
Q.25What are the major risks in using Credit Card payment system.
Unit 4
Q.3 Compare the IP packet screening routers with the application level proxy firewall.
Q.4 Explain Client-server network security and various threats faced by this.
Q.5 What are the security mechanisms used for protecting network security threats.
a. Viruses b. Worms
Q.8 What is meant by integrity of a message? Describe a technique to ensure the integrity
of an e-mail message.
Q.9 Describe a symmetric Key cryptosystem? What are the important issues related to
Q.11 What is Digital signature? Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the digital
signature.
Q.12 What is Digital Certificate? Describe the commonly used standard for the digital
certificate.
Q.13 Describe a technique used for non repudiation of an electronic transaction.
Q.14 What is cryptography and how it used for the message Security.
Q.17 What is e-mail Security. Define various approaches used for providing email
security.
Q.18 Describe various methods by which computer virus has been exchanged and
distributed.
Q.19 Classify various types of computer fraud? Describe Credit Card Fraud.
Unit 5
Q.1 What is Electronic Data Interchange? Explain the advantages of EDI over paper
based system.
Q.2 Describe the paper based ordering process and how EDI alters the process.
Q.3 What are the basic building blocks of EDI? Explain them.
Q.4 “EDI improves the customer services.” Explain it.
Q.9 Explain the role of EDI in improving the processes of International Trade.
Q.12 “EDI adoption in Health care community reduces the administrative cost.” Explain
this.
Q.13 How EDI can improve the Manufacturing Procurement system. Define in detail.
Q.14 Why Standardization needs in EDI? Explain any two standards of EDI.
Q.16 Describe the impact of EDI on supply chain Management of a manufacturing plant.
Q.18 What is Value Added Network? What are the salient features of a value added
network provider?
Q.21 Describe the similarities and dissimilarities of VAN based EDI and Internet Based
EDI.
Unit 6
Q.1 What is electronic marketing? Describe various tools used for electronic marketing.
Q.2 Explain the link between e-marketing and e-business and why they may be
considered separately.
Q.3 What is Online Marketing? What are the advantages and limitations of it.
Q.5 What is Electronic market Place? Describe it for Buyer and Seller.
Q.9 What is online advertising? Explain Active Advertising and Passive Advertising.
Q.12 What are the reasons for decline advertising revenue for websites.
Q.13 What is Web Catalogs. Explain the role and features of web catalogs in electronic
Business.
Q.24 What are Active Documents? Give the names of those areas where these types of