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Business-to-business platforms as a part of e-commerce – possibilities of practical use by polish enterprises

Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, 2014

There are plenty of e-commerce platforms operating domestically and internationally. Business to business (B2B) platforms are the ones that are developing most dynamically. The aim of this paper is to show potential advantages that can be derived from the innovative solutions offered by e-commerce, and most notably by B2B platforms in a context of improvement of business effectiveness of enterprises. B2B potential is described based on analysis of the biggest Polish and foreign business platforms (their abilities and functionalities). Empirical tests focused mostly on an analysis of operation of the newly established (seemingly) innovative B2B platform called ALEO that differentiates itself on the Polish market not only with its functionality (as, besides standard functions, it offers financing of the supplier, rating or the possibility of carrying out purchase and/or sales auctions), but also with providing support for the bank sector, which-so far-has never been offered.

The Role of "Platform Businesses" as Intermediaries of Electronic Commerce

KEI0 BUSINESS FORUM, 慶応経営論集, 1997

Ddiscusses the roleof intermediaries that facilitate“electronic commerce," i.e., commercial transactions over computer networks. The intermediaries, which we wil call platform businesses," provide, within the computer networks. such essential functions fort rade as (I) the formation of trust among trading partners and (2) the determinationof adequate price for goods being traded. Platform businesses thereby realize trading relations that would fail to materialize in their absence. The paper consists of two parts. The first part consists of a discussion of a set of analytical concepts to analyze commerce on computer networks.Then we will look at two cases of platform businesses" in order to confirm the usefulness of the analytical tools.

ONLINE WEBSTORE

Online WebStore is a site which has the capability of creating shops for different users and providing them the needed supply and managing their business. Here mainly two sorts of users are logging in one category is the one who needs to start shops and the other category is the normal users who wants to have some shopping. Online WebStore has to handle both the types of users. This site is capable of handling many numbers of stores. Each shop would be owned by different shop owners. This site would act as shopping complex, where we know people come and buys the space for their shops and making their business.

A platform for business-to-business sell-side, private exchanges and marketplaces

IBM Systems Journal, 2002

E-commerce, in terms of the monetary value of transactions, is heavily skewed toward business-to-business (B2B) commerce. Numerous B2B sites are already in existence, providing a fairly rich set of functionality for enabling simple or sophisticated trading of goods and services. In the coming years, we expect a strong growth in many kinds of B2B sites for trading, procurement, and sales. In this paper, we present a B2B platform suitable for various kinds of businesses such as large sellers, dealers, distributors, private exchanges, marketplaces, and procurement hubs. We present business scenarios, describe our design criteria, and present the architecture for the B2B platform. We discuss two major IBM offerings within the WebSphere ® Commerce Suite product-WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition (MPE) and WebSphere Commerce Business Edition (BE)-that are based on this platform. We also present some experiences with and deployment of MPE for private exchanges and marketplaces.

E-Business Applications

Springer eBooks, 2003

Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche N ationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at http://dnb.ddb.de.

Online business: tailoring your business environment in order to compete

International Journal of Information Management, 2005

Companies have been trying to establish a presence on the fast-growing Internet in order to be more competitive. At the same time, the Internet business environment is becoming increasingly complex and uncertain. This paper presents a conceptual model for the success of online businesses based on the literatures in information management, product innovation, and strategic management. It should be useful for researchers to develop and test research hypotheses and for practitioners to manage their online business more effectively.

General Purpose E-commerce System

2007

E-commerce has seen huge growth in the past decade, one of the limitations on this grow is the lack of suitable payment methods in many communities. In this report, we will take a general look at e-commerce, e-commerce models and systems. We will also look at payment methods suitable for e-commerce with a focus on digital cash. We will then describe and study a digital cash system. We finally present the technologies used in the implementation of such a system.

E-Commerce and its Business Models

International Journal of Managment It and Engineering, 2012

In the emerging global economy, e-commerce and e-business have increasingly become a necessary component of business strategy and a strong catalyst for economic development. The integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in business has revolutionized relationships within organizations and those between and among organizations and individuals. Specifically, the use of ICT in business has enhanced productivity, encouraged greater customer participation, and enabled mass customization, besides reducing costs.