Assignments 9

PART 1:
What is showrooming? Are customers who engage in it acting ethically? Provide reasons for your answer.

Why is the online B2B market so much larger than the online B2C market?

What are the two primary goals of companies who engage in e-procurement and what strategies do they use to achieve those goals?

PART 2:
Apply IT Concepts to Business Decisions

Visit IBM’s “Many Eyes” website at www.ibm.com/manyeyes

Select visualizations from the left-side menu bar. Generate two visualizations. How does visualization improve understanding of the datasets?