How can we define 'e' & 'm'- business?

With acknowledgement to Roger Beale at the Daily Telegraph...

Defining e-business & m-business

E-business is the exchange of information across electronic networks, at any stage in the supply chain, whether paid or unpaid. It can take place:

within an organisation,
between businesses,
between businesses and consumers; or
between the public and private sectors.

M-business is the same but using access devices which are not tethered to a fixed infrastructure.1

Dividing up e-business & m-business

Process electronic business : the exchange of information about goods or services across electronic networks2, at any stage in the supply chain3, whether paid or unpaid,

Transactional electronic business : the sale of goods or services over electronic networks, at any stage in the supply chain. The sale is transacted electronically, but ultimate delivery of the good or service may be conducted on or off-line.4

Again m-business supports both types of action.

Roles within 'E' & 'M'- Business

Does this remind you of anything?

1. Source: UK Government PIU Report: "e-commerce@its.best.uk" and J. Norton

2. Electronic networks include the Internet, telephone networks, electronic data interchange, and digital television.

3. The 'supply chain' includes actions between businesses, between businesses and consumers, or between the public and private sectors.

4. Source: UK Government PIU Report Project Team notes

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