E-Commerce I&II

• was the most euphoric times in American commercial histor
• thousands of dot com companies were backed by $125 billion in financial capital
• extraordinary profits would go to the ones that market a particular area first, known as first movers
• friction-free commerce was commerce which was distributed equally, transaction costs are low, prices can be adjusted to reflect demand. and unfair competitive advantages were eliminated

E-Commerce II: 2001-2006

• many companies went bankrupt partly because of debts incurred to build high speed networks, which was estimated to be $250 billion
• another reason why many businesses failed because the holiday season provided less sales growth than anticipated.
• many .com companies could not deliver its products in a timely fashion which also hurt business to consumer creditability
• some companies had stock values up to 400 times their earnings

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E-commerce Times

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