NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WARANGAL

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
WARANGAL 506 004, TELANGANA, INDIA

SM6101; E-Business
Master of Business Administration
20-Aug-2018 Minor-1 Max marks: 10
Time: 45 minutes

Student Name: Roll number:

1. List the factors that impact E-Business strategy on supply side and buyer side
Marks: 1

2. Differentiate between digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation.

Marks:1

3. Take one characteristic of a supply-side strategy and explain how it impacts a distributor in an
E-Business supply chain.
Marks: 1

4. The major directions that influence E-Business also impact its characteristics which are
_____________, ____________, _______________, and ______________.

Marks:1

5. What enabling technology will you suggest to a medium to a very large organization
that requires high upload bandwidth? Tip: DSL and Cable modem provide download
high bandwidth)
Marks: 1

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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WARANGAL
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
WARANGAL 506 004, TELANGANA, INDIA
6. You were looking at expanding your footprint in China. You heard from your network
that in China, the term ‘guanxi’ is very popular and literally means ‘relationships’. What
factors of pluggability will you consider in your platform architecture? Please explain
with reasons.
Marks: 2

7. You are an E-Business consultant, and one of your clients approaches you for a solution
to one of their problem. The client is an e-commerce company and planning to move
from brick-and-mortar to a completely online store. They have numerous legacy
applications that contain large amounts of data. The client is interested in integration
but is also keen on achieving pluggability, responsiveness, and speed. What do you
suggest to your client, explain your solution with reasons?
Marks 3

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