Internet Commerce
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Technology Map Detailed Contents December 2005
Recent Developments
- eBay Acquires Skype
- Google Moves Toward Free Wireless Broadband
- TV Moves Toward the Internet
- "Tagging" Creates a More Sociable Internet
Updates
Importance of the Technology
The Technology in Brief
- The Commercial Process
- Pretransaction Technologies: Promotion and Selection
- Transaction Technologies: Ordering and Payment
- Posttransaction Technologies: Delivery and Support
Commercial Development Parameters
- Demand Factors
- General Constraints
- Consortia
- Synergistic Technologies
- Competing Technologies
- Required Resources
- Regulatory Climate
Areas to Monitor
- Payment and Security Systems
- Increased Web Access and the Evolution of the Web Audience
- Video Streaming
- Advertising Technology and Effectiveness
- Standards
- Regulation
- Back-Office Software Systems
- Timing
Implications of Commercialization
Market Development
Applications
- Direct Connection Between Buyer and Seller
- Web-Based Superstores and Electronic Shopping Malls
- Online Auctions
- Web-Based Brokerages
- Customer Self-Service
- Gifts
- Hard-to-Find Items
- Big-Ticket Presales
- Software