Business Ethics and Management

E-commerce

E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the buying and selling of goods and accommodations, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the cyber world. These business transactions occur either as business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), consumer-to-consumer or consumer-to-business. The terms e-commerce and e-business are often used interchangeably.