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E-Commerce and E-Business

(b) Which among the following defines product attributes?
(i) Product catalog
(ii) Product category catalog

(iii) Order details catalog
(iv) Attribute catalog
(c) Which among the following is a widely used form of shipping calculations?
(i) A fixed shipping price for all products
(ii) Calculation from the look-up tables
(iii) Real-time calculations
(iv) Fixed amount per transaction
13.8 Review Questions

1. Construct a manufacturer information form considering the manufacturer of a car with details of
the car to be sold online.

2. “Many factors need to be considered for designing a database for e-commerce Web site.” Justify.
3. “A shopping cart is a piece of software that helps in simplifying the shopping process for an
online customer.” Discuss.
4. “All the up-to-date carts include two types of shipping calculations.” Discuss.
5. “Programs are used to keep track of the shopping carts.” Discuss.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. (a) T (b) F (c) T (d) F
2. (a) Functional specification (b) Configuration management (c) File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
3. (a) Change management process (b) Product catalog

(c) A fixed shipping price for all products
13.9 Further Readings

J. Botha, C.Bothma (2008).Managing E-commerce in business. 2 nd ed. Juta & Company
Ltd: Cape Town, South Africa

Hossein Bidgoli (2002). Electronic Commerce. Academic Press. Ed. California: USA
Jeffrey F. Raypot (2003). Introduction to E-Commerce. 2 nd ed. Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company: New Delhi

http://www.managementhelp.org/prod_mng/prod_mng.htm#anchor60539

http://ezinearticles.com/?Managing-an-E-Commerce-Site&id=5986626
http://www.packtpub.com/article/managing-manufacturers-vendors-product-
categories-joomla-ecommerce-virtuemart
http://www.idconline.com/pdf/training/information/Web
site%20Development%20&%20e-Commerce%20Systems.pdf
http://managementhelp.org/infomgnt/e_cmmrce/e_cmmrce.htm#anchor1525233

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