Homework 3-01-2008

1. According to the book by Treese and Stewart, what is the commerce value chain? Why not see them on an individual basis?

From the book, the commerce value chain gives us a useful way to think about Internet commerce projects. The commerce value chain - the following four steps link up.

1. Attract customers.

2. Interact with customers.

3. Act on customer instruction.

4. React to customer requests.

For textbook's example, we can look at the value chain of a retail store, which includes selecting products that will be sold, purchasing them from a wholesaler or manufacturer, arranging attractive displays, advertising to attract customers, assisting customers with their selections, taking payments for the products, and delivering the products to customers. Each of these links in the chain is important to the business, and if any one of them breaks down, the entire business is affected.

combined efforts, and individual basis can't satisfy : Quality：no discount, Service：Fast and Accurate, Value：to be worthy of

2. Is the Internet different from other media? Why?

I think the answer can be Yes and also can be No. The Internet link most kinds of media, and it can be presented one or multiple media. Besides, the Internet have some media differ from the old media, like BBS or Blog.

3. On this Internet-based tool, you are able to edit a paragraph while someone is working on another. In order to do so, you got to have an account to login Google. Please use your email to apply for one so that you can use it now. A link to the document will be included in the message, please just click on the link to collaborate.

Please be noted that not only can you browse the document but also you can edit and update it freely. You may see other colleagues online at the same time and refrain from making updates. Please feel free to go ahead. The software will resolve change conflicts for you.
The revision history will keep a log of all changes. So your changes will be noticed by other colleagues and re-reviewed.

Convert one of your Word document using Google docs.

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4. Customize your blogs.

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