Home Depot E-Business

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Regulatory Issues-For the most part, the Internet is unregulated. However, the government is now formulating laws and regulations to prevent illegal activities and fraud on the internet. There are security concerns, applicable law, site policies, conditions of use, and disclaimers of warranties and limitations of liabilities for both types of websites.

Strict government regulations make B2b e-commerce tough. B2B websites must ensure that their websites are being used only for business and not indulging in any unlawful activity. All the government rules and regulation over conducting and contracting business must be incorporated.

B2C are heavily regulated to protect consumers. Appropriate disclaimers of warranties and limitations, rules, mode of conducting business, policies must be explained in accordance with established regulations.

References:

http://ir.homedepot.com/?

The impact of globalization on Management styles. Retrieved January 12, 2007, from http://ismindia.org/faculties/ved/lecture05.html

Recklies. (2001). Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Globalization - Management Portal. Recklies Management Project GmbH. Retrieved January 12, 2007, from http://www.themanager.org/Strategy/global.htm

Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd. (2006). Retrieved January 12, 2007, from http://www.ies.aust.com

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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: ISO 9000 Retrieved 12 January 2007 from: Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9000

DeFeo, J. A. (2002, May). The Six Sigma Black Belts: Kicking Quality To A New Standard. Corporate University Review, 8(3), 1-2. Retrieved January 14 2007 from the UOP E-resource link.

Sadikoglu, E. (2004, September). Total Quality Management: Context and Performance. Journal of American Academy of Business, 5(1/2), 364-366. Retrieved January 14 2007 from the UOP E-resource link

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/pg_index.jsp?CNTTYPE

Marketing Management by Philip Kotler

My past papers

Miller, Warren. (2000) Measuring Customer Satisfaction. Retrieved March 11, 2006 from http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/cpaltr/oct2000/supps/busind4.htm on March 1. 2006.

Brad Alan Kleindl, (2002), "Strategic Electronic Marketing", 2nd Ed, a division of Thomson Learning, South-Western

Hunger, J. David, and Thomas L. Wheelen. Strategic Management and Business Policy. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.

Karaian, J. (2004, December 20). Growth Mode, Finding new ways to grow a company in todays tough climate isn't easy. These CFO's show how it can be done. Retrieved January 4, 2005, from ISP Web Site: http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm