This document discusses an economics project on e-commerce. The group members listed are Gargi Mangal, Harshit Jindal, Jaiks Eapen, Kanika khandelwal, Kushagra Gour, and Kartikeya Chauhan. It then provides definitions and overviews of electronic commerce and factors that affect both the demand and supply sides of e-commerce, including technology, mobility, convenience, artificial intelligence, price, location, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. E-COMMERCE
Electronic commerce or e-commerce is a business
model that lets firms and individuals buy and sell
things over the internet.
Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as
mobile commerce, electronic fund transfer, supply
chain management,internet marketing, online
transaction processing etc.
5. Technology Infrastructure
Better Internet connectivity
Expansion of network for B2B,B2C,C2C,C2B
commerce
Mobility :
Invention of smartphone, tablets major
trigger for e-commerce industry
500 million Indians have smartphones
Cheap and affordable
6. Ease and Convenience;
Digital Transformation
Wide Variety
No need of Physical Stores
Speed and Reliability
Better shopping experience
Digital marketing :
Facebook , Twitter , Content marketing
Website Performance Optimization
7. Artificial Intelligence
Ability to collect data and predicting
consumer behavior
Google Lens : detect an object in Front
of camera and gives the platform to buy
it.
Chat bots : Computer program
designed to simulate conversation with
human users.
8. Price:
Factors affecting price include
Product Cost
Taxes
Discounts
Competition
Convenience:
These are factors such as
Online Reviews
Refund/Return Policy
Loyalty
9. Location:
Increasing demand in tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
53% Y-o-Y growth in E-commerce adoption in Tier
3 market.
Initiatives like Vernacular Languages and last mile
delivery.
Pandemic:
Increase in First-time E-commerce users in India.
Online food ordering platforms introducing
contactless delivery process.
Boom in gaming and OTT platforms
11. Technology Infrastructure:
A technological improvement that reduces costs of
production will shift supply to the right, causing a
greater quantity to be produced at any given price.
Government Initiative:
Government subsidies reduce the cost of production
and increase supply at every given price, shifting
supply to the right.
12. Transportation: A growth of the transport demand
increases the load factor of a transport network until
transport supply is reached.
Demand Volatility: It is rapid and unpredictable
demand
Product Life Cycle: It is the life of the product.