... as the 'electronically mediated information exchange both within an organisation and with external stakeholders supporting the range of e-business process'. According to Emmanuel Lallana, "E-commerce is the use of electronic communications and digital information processing technology in business transactions to create, transform and redefine relationships for value creation between or among organisations and between organisations and individuals" (http://africa.rights.apc.org). Unlike e-business, e-commerce is about processes that involve suppliers, external partners - such as marketing and delivery - and customers. The letter 'e' in both terms is used for the 'electronic networks' applications such as the Internet and electronic data interchange (EDI). E-business models are suitable for analyzing and presenting the e-business activities and processes within an organisation, and each of them focuses usually on one aspect of an e-business rather than as a whole unit. Such e-business models were developed by Tucci, Trimmers, Hamel and Afuah. The strategy of e-business it ...

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