Objectives
Based on the review of literature, the authors have formulated the following objectives:
1. To learn about Electronic Commerce and how its business operation works.
2. To study relationship of Electronic Commerce and Decision Support System.
3. To understand about the Electronic Commerce framework and the technical part; the usage of decision support system in the framework.
Scope of Study
The new electronic communications technologies allow us to find useful information and to communicate quickly and easily has evolved into a necessary part of our everyday lives. Electronic commerce makes it possible to do almost any kind of business in a very simple way. Thus, this study is discussing about what is e-commerce in a greater view. This study focus on the definition on e- commerce, theory and application, and the element of e-commerce such as, customer behavior, marketing and networking, internet payment and billing. This paper also provides information regarding the legal and ethical issues in ecommerce.
The study is conducted in three modules or stages: Module 1: Collection of data from various sources, using the search engine; www.Google.com to find journal and articles about Electronic Commerce, Decision Support System and how both the system perform and execute. Journal includes information on E-commerce Application, E-commerce activities and E-commerce issues.
Analysis of data and drafting of reports. Data to be analyzed is based on whatever information gathered and according to the framework of the research. The validity of the information, articles and journal gathered is determined.
Recommendations/Conclusion.
The research framework has 3 key dimensions:
1) E-Commerce's Definition
2) Decision Support System Definition
3) E-commerce framework: