1、E-business
From：http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=e-business&i=42215,00.asp
Definition of: e-business
(Electronic-BUSINESS)
Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with
e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a
presence on the Web. An e-business site may be very comprehensive and
offer more than just selling its products and services. For example, it
may feature a general search facility or the ability to track shipments
or have threaded discussions. In such cases, e-commerce is only the
order processing component of the site. See e-commerce.
From：Wikipedia
Electronic business, commonly referred to as "eBusiness" or "e-business", may be defined as the utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT) in support of all the activities of business. Commerce constitutes the exchange of products and services between businesses, groups and individuals and can be seen as one of the essential activities of any business. Electronic commerce focuses on the use of ICT to enable the external activities and relationships of the business with individuals, groups and other businesses [1].
Louis Gerstner, the former CEO of IBM, in his book, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? attributes the term "e-Business" to IBM's marketing and Internet teams in 1996.
Electronic business methods enable companies to link their internal and external data processing systems more efficiently and flexibly, to work more closely with suppliers and partners, and to better satisfy the needs and expectations of their customers.
In practice, e-business is more than just e-commerce. While e-business refers to more strategic focus with an emphasis on the functions that occur using electronic capabilities, e-commerce is a subset of an overall e-business strategy. E-commerce seeks to add revenue streams using the World Wide Web or the Internet to build and enhance relationships with clients and partners and to improve efficiency using the Empty Vessel strategy. Often, e-commerce involves the application of knowledge management systems.
E-business involves business processes spanning the entire value chain: electronic purchasing and supply chain management, processing orders electronically, handling customer service, and cooperating with business partners. Special technical standards for e-business facilitate the exchange of data between companies. E-business software solutions allow the integration of intra and inter firm business processes. E-business can be conducted using the Web, the Internet, intranets, extranets, or some combination of these.
2、E-commerce
From：http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=e-commerce&i=42222,00.asp
Definition of: e-commerce
(Electronic-COMMERCE)
Doing business online, typically via the Web. It is also called
"e-business," "e-tailing" and "I-commerce." Although in most cases
e-commerce and e-business are synonymous, e-commerce implies that goods
and services can be purchased online, whereas e-business might be used
as an umbrella term for a total presence on the Web, which would
include the e-commerce shopping component.
E-commerce may also refer to electronic data interchange (see EDI), in which one company's computer queries the inventory and transmits purchase orders to another company's computer. See m-commerce, microcommerce and clicks and mortar.
The First E-Commerce?
In 1886, a telegraph
operator was able to obtain a shipment of watches that was refused by
the local jeweler. Using the telegraph, he sold all the watches to
fellow operators and railroad employees and then ordered more. Within a
short time, he made enough money to quit his job and start his own
catalog mail order business. The young man's name was Richard Sears,
who formed Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1893.
From：Wikipedia
Electronic commerce, commonly known as (electronic marketing) e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. The use of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well.
A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web.
Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to as business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g. commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants (private electronic market). Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses and consumers, on the other hand, is referred to as business-to-consumer or B2C. This is the type of electronic commerce conducted by companies such as Amazon.com.
Electronic commerce is generally considered to be the sales aspect of e-business. It also consists of the exchange of data to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of the business transactions.
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