| Abstract: |
E-Commerce – Strategic or Tactic? The extraordinary level of interest in e-commerce and e-business seems set to increase. Every day, the financial press reports new deals and new business models that are genuinely breaking new ground. For example, in the last few days we see the announcement of myschwab.com as evidence of conventional (trading) business models being literally discarded, and replaced with new business models that manage the commodity transactions and value adding advice components through separate channels. We must expect that similar earth-shattering changes will become commonplace over the next 18 months. As a direct result, business leaders are, and will be, demanding |