QUESTION(E BUISNESS)

a.Compare Wal-Mart.com with Amazon.com. What features do the sites have in common? Which are unique to Wal-Mart? To Amazon.com?

b.Check the shopping aids offered at Wall-Mart.com. Compare them with those at Amazon.com?

c.Why was Wal-Mart interested in instituting an automated weather alert system? How does the Smart notification weather service work? Highlight its benefits for Wal-Mart?

d.A metropolitan area wants to provide riders of its public transportation system with the ability to pay transit fares, as well as make retail purchases, using a single contactless smart card. What sorts of problems will they encounter in setting up the system, and what types of problems will the riders encounter in using the cards?

e.What are the major advantages of the electronic job market to the candidate? To employers?

f.Distinguish between forward and reverse auctions? Also describe the "name your own price model"?

g.Define bartering and describe the advantages of e-bartering?

h.Describe the issue of trust in ecommerce and how to increase it?