E- Commerce Concepts

Unit

Contents

Lectures

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Introduction to Electronic Commerce

1)      What is E-commerce (Introduction and Definition)

2)      Main Activities of E-commerce

3)      Goals of E-commerce

4)      Technical Components of E-commerce

5)      Functions of E-commerce

6)      Advantages and Disadvantages of E-commerce

7)      Scope of E-commerce

8)      Electronic Commerce Applications

9)      Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business

(C2C) (2G, G2G, B2G, B2P, B2A, P2P, B2A, C2A, B2B, B2C)

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Building Own Website

1)      Reasons for Building Own Website

2)      Benefits of Website

3)      Bandwidth Requirements

4)      Cost, Time, Reach

5)      Registering a Domain Name

6)      Web Promotion

7)      Target E-mail, Banner Exchange, Shopping Bots

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Internet and Extranet

1)      Definition of Internet

2)      Advantage and Disadvantage of the Internet

3)      Component of an Intranet Information Technology Structure

4)      Development of an Intranet

5)      Extranet and Intranet Difference

6)      Role of Intranet in B2B Application

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Electronic Payment System

1)      Introduction

2)      Types of Electronic Payment System

3)      Payment Types

4)      Traditional Payment

5)      Value Exchange System

6)      Credit Card System

7)      Electronic Funds Transfer

8)      Paperless Bill

9)      Modern Payment Cash

10)  Electronic Cash

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Technology Solution

1)      Protecting Internet Communications

2)      Encryption

3)      Symmetric Key Encryption

4)      Public Key Encryption

5)      Public Key Encryption Using Digital Signatures

6)      Digital Envelopes

7)      Digital Certificates

8)      Limitations to Encryption Solutions

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E-Com Security

1)      E-commerce Security Environment

2)      Security Threats in E-com Environment

3)      Malicious Code and Unwanted Programmes

4)      Phishing and Identity Theft

5)      Hacking and Cyber Vandalism

6)      Credit Card Fraud/Theft

7)      Spoofing

8)      Denial of Service (DOS)

9)      Distributed Denial of Service (dDOS)

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