E-Business1- Abstract2- About e-Business3- Advantages and disadvantages4- The impact of e-business on a typical company5- What a company needs to do to transform the own strategy when it decides to transform into e-business6- Conclusion7- ReferencesAbstractThere is a misconception that e-Business simply means buying and selling products and services over the Internet. The broader vision of e-Business focuses on the key processes that directly increase revenues, namely customer acquisition and retention through sales, marketing and service (Siebel, 2004). This customer-centric vision of e-business is not limited to the Internet but rather applies to all aspects of the customer relationship, both online and offline. Related Article from Week 1: E-Business To understand e-business, it is defined as processes and tools that enable an organization to use Internet-based technologies and infrastructure, both internally and externally, to conduct day-to-day business process operations (Cylogy.com, 2005). Furthermore, e-Business also uses technology to improve business processes. This includes managing internal processes such as human resources, financial and administrative systems, as well as external processes such as sales and marketing, provision of goods and services, and customer relations. Furthermore, e-Business is much more than having a website for your company. Using e-Business tools can make your administrative and operational tasks more efficient by accessing the Internet to find information about your industry, suppliers and products, and for general research. Furthermore, it is possible to simplify traditional physical transactions into electronic transactions; human resource management, the... half of the document... in recent years and, if technology allows, will continue to do so in the future.ReferencesCylogy.com (2005), Definition of e-business retrieved November 13, 2005 from http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&defl=en&q=define:e-businessDeLong, J. Bradford (2000), The Impact of e-business: A Historical Perspective, retrieved 13 November 2005 from http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/TotW/commerce2000.htmlGreen, Nancy (2004), Proven Strategies to jump Start E-Business, retrieved November 13, 2005 from http://www.dmreview. com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=2750Shaw, Jack (2005), Developing a Strategy for Your e-Volving Corporation, retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.e-com.com/article-e-volvingcorp.htmlSiebel , Thomas (2004), Taking Care of e-Business, retrieved November 13, 2005, from http://www.itsstimes.com/aug2001.htm