Function: E-commerce can also refer to the use of simple, fast and low-cost electronic communication methods to conduct various business activities without buyers and sellers meeting. Generally speaking, the act of obtaining supply and demand information on the website (such as product information of chemical industry and clothing industry). ) so as to reach a deal can be called e-commerce. For example, the supply and demand information websites of various products can also be called e-commerce websites, and not all models must be exactly the same. The real purpose is that the two sides have never met and successfully engaged in various commercial activities with low-cost electronic communication. The pattern is different. E-commerce is a direct product of the explosive development of the Internet and a brand-new development direction of network technology application. Internet itself has the characteristics of openness, globality, low cost and high efficiency, which has also become an inherent feature of e-commerce, greatly surpassing the value of e-commerce as a new form of trade. It will not only change the production and management activities of enterprises themselves, but also affect the economic operation and structure of the whole society.
1. E-commerce electronizes and digitizes traditional business processes. On the one hand, electronic flow replaces real logistics, which can greatly reduce manpower and material resources and reduce costs; On the other hand, it breaks through the limitation of time and space, so that trading activities can be carried out at any time and any place, thus greatly improving efficiency.
2. The openness and globalization of e-commerce have created more trade opportunities for enterprises.
3. E-commerce enables enterprises to enter the global electronic market at a similar cost, making it possible for small and medium-sized enterprises to have the same information resources as large enterprises and improving their competitiveness.
4. E-commerce redefines the traditional circulation mode, reduces intermediate links, and makes direct transactions between producers and consumers possible, thus changing the whole social and economic operation mode to some extent.
On the one hand, e-commerce breaks down the barriers of time and space, on the other hand, it provides abundant information resources, which provides more possibilities for the reorganization of various social and economic factors, thus affecting the economic layout and structure of society.
E-commerce has also promoted the development of modern logistics;
1 E-commerce plays a vital role in the development of modern logistics industry. The emergence and rise of e-commerce has a far-reaching impact on the development of modern logistics industry and the operation of logistics enterprises: 1. 1 E-commerce provides a good operating platform for logistics enterprises and greatly saves the total transaction cost of society. 1.2 e-commerce greatly facilitates the collection and transmission of logistics information.
2 the impact of e-commerce on the development of modern logistics industry 2. 1 informationization 2.2 automation 2.3 networking 2. 4 Intelligent 2.5 Flexibility
3 E-commerce promotes the development trend of modern logistics industry 3. 1 Multifunctional-the development direction of logistics industry 3.2 First-class service-the pursuit of logistics enterprises 3.3 Informatization-the only way for modern logistics industry
E-government is also developed under the background of e-commerce:
The emergence of e-government is conducive to the transformation of government functions and the improvement of operational efficiency. The government can do things online and realize all-weather e-government, which is much more efficient than doing things offline. Establish a database of non-confidential information resources open to the public, so that all relevant departments can cooperate to carry out simple office services such as online taxation and online government procurement. Through the implementation of e-government, it is beneficial to improve the transparency of government management and operation. It is reliable, confidential and undeniable to use security authentication and other technologies as a guarantee. E-government is also conducive to better realizing the sharing of social public resources and improving the operational efficiency of social resources. Office automation within the department is the basis of e-government, but it is not simply copying the traditional office model to the Internet, but optimizing the demand, realizing the connectivity of the government intranet, sharing resources, and establishing the government internal information resource database.
To sum up, the role of e-commerce can be divided into direct and indirect roles.
The direct impact of e-commerce is:
First, extremely save business costs, especially the cost of business communication and non-physical transactions;
Second, greatly improve business efficiency, especially for businesses with vast territory but the same trading rules;
Third; It is beneficial to the macro-control, meso-adjustment and micro-adjustment of business (economy), and can connect the government, market, enterprises and even individuals, and connect the "visible hand" with the "invisible hand", which can not only overcome the "government failure" but also overcome the "market failure", serving both the government, enterprises and individuals.
The indirect effects of e-commerce are:
First, promote the efficiency, economy and coordination of the whole national economy and the world economy;
Second, promote the development of a large number of emerging industries, such as information industry, knowledge industry, education, etc.
Third; Making the best use of things and protecting the environment is conducive to the sustainable development of human society. As a business process, e-commerce will bring an unprecedented revolution.
Its impact on social economy will go far beyond business itself. In addition to the above effects, it will also have a great impact on employment, legal system, culture and education. E-commerce will really bring mankind into the information society.
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