E-Commerce

Chapter 1: The Internet and E-Commerce

Chapter Objectives



  • Explain how the Internet began.

  • Discuss the key components of the Internet.

  • Explore the basic ways to use the Internet.

  • Learn available options for connecting to the Internet.

  • Determine what factors to consider when choosing an ISP.

  • Define how search engines help users locate businesses and services.

  • Find out how various user groups use the Internet.

  • Discover how e-commerce evolved from electronic communications.

  • Enumerate the characteristics that define e-commerce.

  • Examine the basic purpose of e-commerce.

  • Delineate how e-commerce can increase a business’s revenues.
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