1 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE INTERNET ECONOMY CHAPTER 7 Screen graphics created by: Jana F. Kuzmicki, PhD, Mississippi University for Women

“If you are going to be in E-commerce, you have to build a business that destroys the old brick-and-mortar model.” John B. McCoy © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright “There will be thousands of winners on the Internet. But there there will be only a very few really big winners.” Mary G. Meeker “Quote”

3 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Chapter Outline  Internet Technology and Market Structure  Strategy-Shaping Characteristics of the E- Commerce Environment  E-Commerce Business Models and Strategies  Internet Strategies for Traditional Businesses  Innovative Business Models and Fast-Evolving Strategies are KSFs in E-Commerce

4 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Impact of the Internet and E-Commerce  Impact on external industry environment  Changes character of the market and competitive environment  Creates new driving forces and key success factors  Breeds formation of new strategic groups  Impact on internal company environment  Having, or not having, e-commerce capabilities tilts the scales toward valuable resource strengths or threatening weaknesses  Creatively reconfiguring the value chain will affect a firm’s competitiveness vis-à-vis rivals

5 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Characteristics of Internet Market Structure  Internet is composed of  Integrated network of users’ connected computers  Banks of servers and high-speed computers  Digital switches and routers  Telecommunications equipment and lines

6 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Supply Side of the Internet Economy  Major groups of Internet and e-commerce firms comprising the supply side include  Makers of specialized communications components and equipment  Providers of communications services  Suppliers of computer components and hardware  Developers of specialized software  E-commerce enterprises Business-to-business merchants Business-to-consumer merchants Media companies Content providers

7 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Strategy-Shaping Characteristics of the E-Commerce Environment  Internet makes it feasible for companies everywhere to compete in global markets  Competition in an industry is greatly intensified by new e-commerce strategic initiatives of existing rivals and by entry of new, enterprising e-commerce rivals  Entry barriers into e-commerce world are relatively low  On-line buyers gain bargaining power

8 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Strategy-Shaping Characteristics of the E-Commerce Environment (continued)  Internet makes it feasible for firms to reach beyond their borders to find the best suppliers and, further, to collaborate closely with them to achieve efficiency gains and cost-savings  Internet and PC technologies are advancing rapidly, often in uncertain and unexpected directions  Internet results in much faster diffusion of new technology and new ideas across the world  E-commerce environment demands that firms move swiftly - “at Internet speed”

9 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Strategy-Shaping Characteristics of the E-Commerce Environment (continued)  Internet and e-commerce technology open up a host of opportunities for reconfiguring industry and company value chains  Internet can be an economical means of delivering customer service  Capital for funding potentially profitable e- commerce businesses is readily available  Needed e-commerce resource in short supply is human talent, in the form of both technological expertise and managerial know-how

10 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Effects of the Internet and E-Commerce  Can produce important shifts in an industry’s competitive forces  Alters industry value chains, spawning substantial opportunities for increasing efficiency and reducing costs  Affects a company’s resource strengths and weaknesses  Rapid pace of technological change with an often uncertain direction

11 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Overview of E-Commerce Business Models and Strategies  Provide new opportunities to put a globally-connected Internet infrastructure in place  Build out telecommunications system  Install millions of servers  Provide high-speed Internet connections to billions of businesses and households  Develop software and networks to create a wired global economy  Offer potential to exploit business opportunities in a globally wired e-commerce environment  Business-to-business sales  E-procurement  Business-to-consumer sales  E-retailing  Provide content  Provide services to users

12 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Suppliers of Communications Equipment  Traditional business model of a manufacturer is being used by most firms to make money  Sell products to customers at prices above costs  Produce a good return on investment  Strategic issues facing equipment makers  Several competing technologies for various components of the Internet infrastructure exist  Competing technologies may Have different performance pluses and minuses Be incompatible

13 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Strategy Options for Suppliers of Communications Equipment  Invest aggressively in R&D to win the technological race against rivals  Form strategic alliances to build consensus for favored technological approaches  Acquire other companies with complementary technological expertise  Hedge firm’s bets by investing sufficient resources in mastering one or more of the competing technologies

14 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Suppliers of Communications Services  Business models are based on profitably selling services for a fee based on a f lat rate per month or volume of use  Firms must invest heavily in extending lines and installing equipment to have capacity to  Provide desired point-to-point service and  Handle traffic load  Investment requirements are particularly heavy for backbone providers, creating sizable up-front expenditures and heavy fixed costs  Key to success - Establish networks ahead of rivals to get in position to sign up customers

15 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Suppliers of Communications Services (continued)  Fierce competition has emerged among “last mile” providers selling high-speed Internet access  Strategic options  Provide high-speed (broadband) Internet connections using new digital signal line technology  Provide wireless broadband services or cable Internet service  Bundle local telephone service, long distance service, cable TV service and Internet access into a single package for a single monthly fee  Key strategic weapons for last mile providers - Name recognition and advertising

16 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Suppliers of Computer Components and Hardware  Traditional business model is used - Make money by selling products at prices above costs  Strategic approaches  Stay on cutting edge of technology  Invest in R&D  Move quickly to imitate technological advances and product innovations of rivals  Key to success - Stay with or ahead of rivals in introducing next-generation products  Competitive advantage will most likely be based on strategies keyed to low-cost

17 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Developers of Specialized E-Commerce Software  Business model involves  Investments in designing and developing specialized software  Marketing and selling software to other firms  Profitability hinges on volume  Strategic approaches  Sell software at a set price per copy  Collect a fee for every transaction provided by the software  Rent or lease the software

18 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: E-Commerce Retailers  Sell products at or below cost and make money by selling advertising to other merchandisers  Use traditional model of  Purchasing goods from manufacturers and distributors  Marketing items at a Web store  Filling orders from inventory at a warehouse  Operate Web site to market and sell product/service and outsource manufacturing, distribution and delivery activities to specialists

19 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Strategic Approaches: E-Commerce Retailers  Spend heavily on advertising to build widespread brand awareness, draw traffic, and start process of developing customer loyalty  Add new product offerings to help attract traffic to firm’s Web site  Be a first-mover or at worst an early mover  Pay consideration attention to Web site attractiveness to generate “buzz” about the site among surfers  Keep Web site innovative, fresh, and entertaining

20 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Suppliers of E-Commerce Services  Key strategic issue for e-commerce retailers - Handling warehousing and delivery activities  Firms are using services of “Internet middlemen” to efficiently sort all the supplier choices  Firms are using focus strategies to zero in on specific niches, pursuing competitive advantage based on  First-mover mastery of a particular technology  Product superiority  Unique product attributes  Convenience and ease of use  Speed  More value for the money

21 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Business Models: Media Companies and Content Providers  Using intellectual capital to develop music, games, video, and text, media firms  Charge subscription fees or  Rely on a pay-per-use model  Business model of content providers involves creating content to attract users, then selling advertising to firms wanting to deliver a message  Key success factors for content providers  Create a sense of community  Deliver convenience and entertainment value as well as information

22 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Internet Strategies for Traditional Businesses  Use Internet technology to communicate and collaborate closely with suppliers and distribution channel allies  Reengineer company and industry value chains to revamp how certain activities are performed and to eliminate or bypass others  Make greater use of build-to-order manufacturing and assembly  Build systems to pick and pack products that are shipped individually

23 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Internet Strategies for Traditional Businesses (continued)  Use Internet to give both existing and potential customers another choice of how to interact with the company  Adopt Internet as an integral distribution channel for accessing new buyers and geographic markets  Gather real-time data on customer tastes and buying habits, doing real-time market research, and use results to respond more precisely to customer needs and wants

24 © 2001 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright Key Success Factors: Competing in the E-Commerce Environment  Employ an innovative business model  Develop capability to quickly adjust business model and strategy to respond to changing conditions  Focus on a limited number of competencies and perform a relatively specialized number of value chain activities  Stay on the cutting edge of technology  Use innovative marketing techniques that are efficient in reaching the targeted audience and effective in stimulating purchases  Engineer an electronic value chain that enables differentiation or lower costs or better value for the money