Business and Market Models of Brokerage in Network-Based Commerce

摘要

Enterprise models, based on the responsibilities and relationships underlying211u001emarket activities, are used to provide a framework for representing and analyzing 211u001ethe activity of brokerage in network-based commerce. Examples of models are 211u001epresented that represent new configurations of systems, services and processes. 211u001eThree distinct phases of brokerage are recognized: rendezvous, transaction and 211u001epost-sales. The security requirements for transactions in broking are so much 211u001egreater than those for information provision over the Internet that separate 211u001ebusiness cases can be made for each.