A Performance Index for B2B Marketplaces
Where does B2B go from here? McKinsey & Company teamed recently with Stanford University Business School’s Center for Electronic Business and Commerce to collect and analyze operational information from 60 independent B2B platforms across the US and Europe. The team’s goal was to create a performance index for B2B companies based on their ability to acquire customers, penetrate customer spending, and monetize the business opportunities … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Sources: McKinsey & Company Inc., Stanford University | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
eBusiness in Latin America
A Unicode Primer
Quick but useful look at the development of a standardized method of displaying the world’s languages on computer screens.
Content: Article | Author: Mary Kim | Subjects: International, IT / Technology / E-Business
Home Networking Emerges
Guide to E-Commerce Space
Managing Positive Responses to Change
Strong Numbers
Strong Numbers analyzes the sales that occur every day at 250 online auction sites and 2,000 retailers to compute an average selling price for more than 1 million products. The site’s “Blue Book Price Guide” is an excellent way for consumers to see what other people are actually paying for items before bidding on them.
StrongNumbers also has a beta program called Marketview that provides updated … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Strong Numbers | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, IT / Technology / E-Business
(Data) Storage Market
Upside Special report: To b-to-b, or not to b-to-b?
In this special report, Upside explores the business-to-business phenomenon and its ramifications on the New Economy. Read on for profiles of the companies leading the charge, interviews with industry leaders and investors, predictions and a buzzword glossary to keep you ahead of the pack.
Content: Online Resource | Source: UPSIDE | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Serving eCustomers: Issues to Address
Selling Subscriptions to Internet Content
Eight pioneers in the area of selling subscriptions to Web sites and email newsletters, including leaders from three of the top four subscription sites online today, shared their marketing, business model and profitability details during an all-day event held by ContentBiz. Here’s a quick summary of notes from the
event.
Content: Article | Source: ContentBiz | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Marketing / Sales
Information Security Spending to Jump Tenfold by 2011
On the Effect of the Internet on International Trade
Abstract: The Internet stimulates trade. Using a gravity equation of trade among 56 countries, we find no evidence of an effect of the Internet on total trade flows in 1995 and only weak evidence of an effect in 1996. However, we find an increasing and significant impact from 1997 to 1999. Specifically, our results imply that a 10 percent increase in the relative number … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Caroline Freund, Diana Weinhold | Source: The Federal Reserve Board | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trade
Selling Online – North American B2B Companies Progress
The Value of Using Online Personalization Technology
US Online Usage and Market Control
Customer Acquisition Costs Down for US eRetailers
Finance Sector Dominates UK eCommerce
Getting prices right on the Web
Two widely disparate approaches to pricing have dominated the sale of goods and services on the Internet.
Editor’s Note: although written in 2001 (a lifetime ago in the “Internet age”), much of the suggestions are of long-lasting value…
Content: Article | Authors: Craig C. Zawada, Eric Lin, Michael V. Marn, Walter L. Baker | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Pricing