M-commerce: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: M-commerce

  • electronic transactions between buyers and sellers using mobile communications devices such as cellphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or laptop computers

Wiktionary Definition for: M-commerce

  • The use of mobile technology in commerce

Additional Resources

E-Commerce - Yale University
E-commerce involves conducting business transactions using electronic systems, tools, and processes. B2C commerce relates to interaction between business and consumers for selling goods. When B2C commerce is done electronically, it is known as B2C e-commerce. Several issues need to be addresses before commencing a B2C e-commerce venture. The paper examines...
Tags: Yale University, Web Technology, B2C, B2C Commerce, E-business, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
Presentations 2001-10-09
Electronic Commerce
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) involves making business transactions through telecommunication networks including the Internet. E-commerce comprises of a set of technologies, applications, and business processes that forms a strategic link between businesses, consumers, and communities. The paper presents an overview of e-commerce scenario and discusses some e-commerce frameworks.
Tags: Villanova University, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, Electronic Commerce, E-business
Presentations 2003-01-01
E-commerce
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) comprises of a set of technologies, applications, and business processes that forms a strategic link between businesses, consumers, and communities. With the wide proliferation of technology tools in the realm of business management, today, the e-commerce paradigm has assumed great significance. B2C commerce relates to interaction between...
Tags: B2C Commerce, E-business, Internet, B2C, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology
Presentations 2001-04-12
How E-commerce Works
Simplified e-commerce is what most small businesses and individuals are using to get into e-commerce. In this option the vendor provides a simplified system for creating your store. The system usually involves a set of forms that one can fill out online. The vendor's software then generates all of the...
Tags: E-business, Vendor, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology
White papers 2003-01-01
Online vs Traditional Commerce
Considering the newness of the internet and world wide web, it's safe to say that nearly everyone who has purchased online gained their understanding of commerce offline. Users come to online commerce with some key experiential understandings of the characteristics of traditional commerce. Online commerce and offline commerce share elements...
Tags: Article, Commerce, Internet
White papers 2003-01-01
Getting Started With E-Commerce
An online storefront offers many advantages to a business owner. It is open 24-7, accessible around the world to those with an Internet connection, and doesn't have the overhead of a traditional store. To create an e-commerce presence, you need to do some research and then decide how you will...
Tags: Web Technology, E-business, Storefront, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce
White papers
Amdocs Implements Commerce Server at Orange Switzerland for Mobile and E-Commerce; Amdocs Commerce Server Application Enables New Revenues and Simplified Commerce Transactions
Business Editors
Tags: Amdocs, e-business, Microsoft Commerce Server, mobile, Orange PCS, server
Research articles 2001-12-12
Psssst. Pass It Along.…
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) defines any means of conducting business transactions over electronic media including the Internet. E-commerce enables business to be transacted with speed and saves valuable company time. It also helps in reducing operational costs. Through e-commerce, the organization can reach a very large number of target audiences spread...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, E-business
White papers 2000-11-01
Choosing A Hosted E-Commerce Solution
The promise of easy, installation-free e-commerce is almost as old the e-commerce industry itself. The reality, though, is that it's only recently that solid, robust, reliable and relatively inexpensive hosted e-commerce services have begun to appear. A hosted e-commerce service is supposed to solve an online merchant's non-product needs, offering...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, E-commerce Service, E-business
White papers 2005-08-23
Internet Marketing Drives e-Commerce Success
The Internet has lead to the birth and evolution of electronic commerce or E-commerce, and with that to the development of a feasible internet marketing strategy by every company. E-commerce has now become a key component of many companies in the daily running of their business. Simply defined, electronic commerce...
Tags: Internet Marketing, E-business, Electronic Commerce, Web Technology, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce
White papers 2008-01-01
How To Create Your Own E-Commerce Site
E-commerce is touted as one of the most viable online business opportunities on the Web nowadays. In comparison to traditional brick and mortar businesses, e-commerce site requires minimal start-up cost and is relatively low-risk. However that does not imply creating an e-commerce site is a simple process, neither does it...
Tags: E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
White papers 2007-09-03
Electronic Commerce (EC): A Survey
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) involves making business transactions through telecommunication networks including the Internet. In today’s technology dominated business environment, e-commerce is seen as a potent tool to streamline business processes and reduce operating costs. B2C commerce relates to interaction between business and consumers for selling goods. B2B commerce relates to...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, B2B, Web Technology, B2C, B2B Commerce, B2C Commerce, Electronic Commerce, E-business, Survey
Presentations 2003-01-01
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Commerce Bank
KANSAS CITY, Mo. & DENVER -- Commerce Bank in Denver, Colorado and Missouri-based Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH), today jointly announce the execution of a merger agreement in which Commerce Bank will merge with Commerce Bancshares, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $29.5 million consisting entirely of cash. Commerce's acquisition...
Tags: acquisition
Research articles 2007-04-03
Direct Marketing And E-Commerce
Direct marketing focuses on three key areas viz. closing the sale, identifying prospects, and engaging customers. Experts suggest that all e-commerce is direct marketing, but all direct marketing is not e-commerce. Researches, however, indicate that like direct marketing, popularity of e-commerce is due to the convenience it offers to consumers....
Tags: Marketing, Web Technology, Sales, Marketing Research, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Channel, E-business, Direct Marketing
Presentations 2003-01-01
E-Commerce Profits
E-commerce, or electronic commerce, refers to the concept of conducting business communication and transactions online via the World Wide Web. Overall, e-commerce is the concept of buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications. E-commerce is the most important concepts of the Internet...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, DiscoveryArticles.com, E-business
White papers 2008-04-28
The E-Commerce Dilemma
From the executive summary: ‘Over the past few months, the junk e-mail touting e-commerce enabling products have flooded e-mail accounts of many people. All the e-commerce solutions differ in set up, operation, and cost.’ Hence, it is important for companies to determine that whether e-commerce solutions are detriments or advantageous...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, E-commerce Solution, E-business
White papers 2001-05-01
Commerce One Accelerates Electronic Commerce with Commerce One BuySite 6.0; First e-Procurement Application for the Global Enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 9, 1999--
Tags: Commerce One, e-procurement
Research articles 1999-09-09
Commerce One Delivers BuySite 6.0; Industry Leading E-Procurement Application for Global B2B E-Commerce Now Available from Commerce One
Business Editors/High-tech Writers
Tags: B2B, B2B e-commerce, Commerce One, industry
Research articles 2000-01-24
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Commerce Bank
KANSAS CITY, Mo. & Denver -- Missouri-based Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH) and Commerce Bank in Denver, Colorado today jointly announce the completion of the acquisition of Commerce Bank by Commerce Bancshares, Inc. The transaction was valued at $29.5 million, consisting entirely of cash. Commerce's acquisition of the independent Colorado Commerce...
Research articles 2007-07-02
Defining E-Commerce
This paper attempts to present a statistical view of e-commerce. It discusses the definition and classification of e-commerce transactions and suggests some broader indicators of e-commerce activity. The paper describes current Australian Bureau of Statistics ABS work on developing e-commerce indicators and suggests that a reasonable statistical approach is the...
Tags: Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Web Technology, E-business
White papers 2002-03-12
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