CONTENTS
Foreword = xi
Series Preface = xiii
Preface = xv
Acknowledgements = xix
1 Introduction = 1
Objectives = 1
Book Structure = 1
2 Key Features of Internet Electronic Commerce = 3
Electronic Commerce - Definition and Market = 3
The Internet for Business = 7
Online/Immediate/24-Hour Availability = 9
Ubiquity = 11
Global = 12
Local = 14
Digitization = 15
Mlutimedia = 15
Interactivity = 16
One-to-one = 17
Network Effects and Network Externalities = 17
Integration = 18
Intranets, Extranets and the Public Internet = 19
Building Assets to Create Customer Benefits = 19
Cost Base : Lower Transaction Costs and Better Prices = 21
Time to Market = 22
Brand Image = 23
Market Share and Market Access = 23
Customer Orientation = 24
Quality = 25
Customer Loyalty and Switching Costs = 26
Functional Integration = 27
Network Integration = 27
Innovation Orientation - New Products and Services = 27
Innovation Orientarion - New Business Models = 28
Summary = 29
3 Business Models for Electronic Commerce = 31
Value-chain Analysis and Business Model Architectures = 32
Current Business Models = 35
E-shops = 35
F-procurement = 36
F-malls = 36
F-auctions = 37
Virtual Communities = 38
Collaboration Platforms = 38
Third-party Marketplaces = 39
Value-chain Integrators = 39
Value-chain Service Providers = 40
Information Brokerage, Trust and Other Services = 40
Classification = 41
Trends and Evolution = 42
Summary = 45
4 Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce Cases = 47
Introduction and Overview of Selected Cases = 47
Marshall Industries : A New Channel with Added Value = 49
Business = 49
Customers = 49
Products and Services = 50
Competition = 51
Marketing Strategy = 51
Summary - Marketing Model = 52
Fedex : From Logistics to Generic Electronic Business Services = 52
Business = 52
Products and Services = 53
Customers = 54
Competition = 54
Marketing Strategy = 55
Summary - Marketing Model = 55
Industry Net : Pioneering an Internet Industry Marketplace = 55
Business = 55
Products and Services = 56
Customers and Benefits = 57
Competition = 57
Marketing Strategy = 59
Summary - Marketing Model = 159
Amazon Associates and Advantage : Opening Up the Value Chain = 60
Business = 60
Products and Services = 62
Customers = 62
Competition = 64
Marketing Strategy = 65
Summary - Marketing Model = 66
Citius Belgium : From EDI to Internet Marketplace = 66
Business - Customers - Competition = 67
Marketing Strategy = 74
Marketing Mix = 76
Summary - Marketing Model = 79
Tradezone : Internet for Third-party Market Access = 80
Business - Customers - Competition = 80
Marketing Strategy = 84
Marketing Mix = 87
Summary - Marketing Model = 90
Postscript = 90
Global Engineering Network/Industrial Cooperation System : Collaboration and Trading in Design and Manufacturing = 90
Business - Customers - Competition = 90
Marketing Strategy = 100
Marketing Mix = 101
Summary - Marketing Model = 103
Infomar : Reorganizing an Auction-based Market = 103
Business - Customers - Competition = 103
Marketing Strategy = 109
Marketing Mix = 111
Summary - Marketing Model = 114
Summary = 114
5 Markets and Competition = 115
Industry Structure = 116
Industry Competition = 116
Suppliers' Power = 120
Customers' Power = 121
New Entrants = 121
Substitutes = 122
Generic Competitive Strategies = 123
Industry Structure - Summary = 125
Transaction Costs = 126
Introduction = 126
Citius = 127
Tradezone = 128
GEN = 129
Infomar = 130
Frequency Revisited = 131
Internal and External Business Organization = 132
Internal Business Organization = 132
External Organization - Disintermediation = 133
External Organization - Value Networks and Dynamic Markets = 135
Summary = 137
6 Marketing Strategies and Programmes = 139
Traditional B-to-B Marketing = 139
Segmentation and Targeting = 141
Products and Services = 147
Distribution = 148
Marketing Communications = 150
Communication Objectives = 152
Target Audience md Take-up Process = 152
Communication Channels and Promotion Mix = 155
One-to-One Marketing = 158
Introduction = 158
Application of One-to-One Marketing = 160
Pricing and One-to-One Marketing = 161
Assessment of One-to-One Marketing = 162
Summary = 162
7 Roadmap for Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce = 165
Critical Assumptions and Strategy Development = 165
Quality of Market Research = 165
Dynamics of Technology and Growth of Electronic Commerce = 168
Towards a Global Legal Framework for the Digital Economy? = 171
Strategy Development - Strategic Fit = 174
Scenarios for the Future of Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce = 179
Competing and Collaborating in Value Networks and Dynamic Markets = 182
Thriving on Information = 211
Converging B-to-B and B-to-C Electronic Commerce = 227
New Technologies. New Business Models, New Policies : New Rules? = 238
Conclusions = 244
Hypotheses = 244
Summary of Main Conclusions = 245
Bibliography = 247
Endnotes = 253
Subject Index = 261