Electronicbusiness,commonlyreferredtoas"eBusiness"or"e-business",maybedefinedastheapplicationofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies(ICT)insupportofalltheactivitiesofbusiness.Commerceconstitutestheexchangeofproductsandservicesbetweenbusinesses,groupsandindividualsandcanbeseenasoneoftheessentialactivitiesofanybusiness.ElectroniccommercefocusesontheuseofICTtoenabletheexternalactivitiesandrelationshipsofthebusinesswithindividuals,groupsandotherbusinesses[1].

　　LouisGerstner,theformerCEOofIBM,inhisbook,WhoSaysElephantsCan'tDance?attributestheterm"e-Business"toIBM'smarketingandInternetteamsin1996.

　　Electronicbusinessmethodsenablecompaniestolinktheirinternalandexternaldataprocessingsystemsmoreefficientlyandflexibly,toworkmorecloselywithsuppliersandpartners,andtobettersatisfytheneedsandexpectationsoftheircustomers.

　　Inpractice,e-businessismorethanjuste-commerce.Whilee-businessreferstomorestrategicfocuswithanemphasisonthefunctionsthatoccurusingelectroniccapabilities,e-commerceisasubsetofanoveralle-businessstrategy.E-commerceseekstoaddrevenuestreamsusingtheWorldWideWebortheInternettobuildandenhancerelationshipswithclientsandpartnersandtoimproveefficiencyusingtheEmptyVesselstrategy.Often,e-commerceinvolvestheapplicationofknowledgemanagementsystems.

　　E-businessinvolvesbusinessprocessesspanningtheentirevaluechain:electronicpurchasingandsupplychainmanagement,processingorderselectronically,handlingcustomerservice,andcooperatingwithbusinesspartners.Specialtechnicalstandardsfore-businessfacilitatetheexchangeofdatabetweencompanies.E-businesssoftwaresolutionsallowtheintegrationofintraandinterfirmbusinessprocesses.E-businesscanbeconductedusingtheWeb,theInternet,intranets,extranets,orsomecombinationofthese.

　　Basically,electroniccommerce(EC)istheprocessofbuying,transferring,orexchangingproducts,services,and/orinformationviacomputernetworks,includingtheinternet.ECcanalsobebenifitedfrommanyperspectiveincludingbusinessprocess,service,learning,collaborative,community.ECisoftenconfusedwithe-business.