eCommerce Success Stories & eCommerce Failure Stories eCommerce Case Studies (142 links) This is a collection of inspiring success stories and case studies of web businesses which might put your learning curve on fast forward and help you succeding with eCommerce. Learn from both the mistakes and success stories! Resources |Success/Failure stories|Case studies

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New Thinking is a weekly, approximately 500 word exploration of The Digital Age. Taking a broad, philosophical view of the digital environment, it is written in clear, concise language and always seeks to deliver comments and ideas which are useful. It is available by email and is free. In addition, the complete issues are available from the archives. http://www.nua.ie/newthinking/archives/index.html eCommerce - What is Andersen's Vision of Success? - eCommerce is not just technology: it's fundamental business change http://www.ac.com/showcase/ecommerce/ecom_success.html Successes and Failures in E-Commerce in the United States: Lessons to Be Learned by Kenneth H. Slade, Hale and Dorr LLP http://www.prac.org/materials/1999_Singapore/EComm_US.html How To Succeed In E-Business by David W. methvin http://www.winmag.com/library/1999/0801/fea0057.htm Ecommerce: Secrets To Ecommerce Web Design Strategy And Keys To Ecommerce Success http://www.ecommercereference.com/info/Ecommerce.html World Biz Center.Net WBC special reports on success stories http://www.worldbizcenter.net/Articles/articles-archives.htm Climbing the Ladder to E-Commerce Success Marc A. Cavender PowerPoint presentation  wInternet 99 http://www.teamw.com/teamware/events/wInternet99/presentations/cavender_sat.htm Web commerce success pages http://www.webcom.com/ecommerce/success/ Myths and Realities By Clinton Wilder Information Week http://www.spl.co.za/e-business/myths.htm Dazzled By The E-Commerce Gold Rush  By Joshua Wilner E-Commerce Times Columnist November 4, 1999  http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/viewpoint/view-991104-3.shtml  Survey Reveals Top Strategies to E-Commerce Success, February 4, 1999 http://www.tricommedia.com/explore/news/articles/tmg0033.htm E-commerce Success: Building a Global Business Architecture  Published:  June 1999 by: Computer Technology Researchers http://www.prgguide.com/reports/tocs/r15-129toc.html  MIT Sloan E-Commerce Awards! The E-commerce Awards  recognize organizations for their successful innovation in web-based business. The 2000 Awards will be held in April in Cambridge, MA and will be simulcast on the World Wide Web. http://www.mitawards.org/ Partnering Strategies for Success in eCommerce 01/05/99 by Wayne, Seifried Snr. Manager eBusiness Solutions Nortel Networks http://www.mancet.mb.ca/ppt/e_business/nortel/index.htm Leveraging the Web for business success Oakwook Systems Group Inc. http://www.oakwoodsys.com/osgcontent/htmlpres/pres19981013/sld001.htm Time-to-Value: The New Measurement for Success in the Digital Economy (PDF, 98K) http://www.uswebcks.com/pdf/Time_to_Value_White_Paper.pdf Success in the Internet Economy (PDF, 376K) The Internet is emerging as a new place and a new way to do business. Which companies will ride this wave successfully and which will be overturned? http://www.uswebcks.com/pdf/InternetEconomy.pdf   Chapter 2: So You Want to Join the World's Grubbiest Club: Internet Entrepreneurs by Philip Greenspun, part of Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing http://photo.net/wtr/thebook/money.html Interview with Internet Marketing Success Story Corey Rudl http://www.cybertronics.net/imarketing/corey_rudl.htm eCommerce success stories by Pradeep Anand http://www.pradeepanand.com/success.htm Business on the World Wide Web: where "word of keystroke" begins Transcript of the live chat session that took place Thursday, May 13, 1999 -- Ebay and ecommerce lessons http://www.uk.samizdat.com/chat105.html Customers.com http://www.customers.com Strikingitrich.com These success stories found in "StrikingItRich.com"are the "mega-success" examples. But what about just everyday web marketers that have succeeded and exceeded their internet marketing goals? http://www.strikingitrich.com 9 Ways to Win on the Web: Sure, Cisco, Dell, and Yahoo get it. But so do FedEx, Ford Motor, and Pitney Bowes. Here's how they win at e-business. Eryn Brown http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/technology/1999/05/24/bes.html The E-Corporation  http://www.pradeepanand.com/hamelon.htm More than just Web-based, it's building a new industrial order. Ten Driving Principles of the New Economy http://www.business2.com/services/10principles.html The next eCommerce success principles. http://members.tripod.com/WorkLife/ecommercelinks.html Rules for Successful eTailing. http://www.buydirectory.com/quality.html Cheskin research and studio archetype deliver eCommerce trust study http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-enterprise/rep-ecommerce/default.htm Cheskin and Sapient Subsidiary Release Study On Guidelines For Successful Development Of Online Commerce Sites  http:// www.studioarchetype.com/cheskin Story: Online Travel Explosion Reveals Secrets of Ecommerce Success http://www5.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2623.html Story: The "Secret" Formula for Internet Success http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3285.html Study Finds Oracle Key to ‘Customer-Centric’ E-Commerce April 14, 1999 http://www.oraclecanada.com/vi.../990414_Oracle-Key-to-ECom.htm The Challenge of Electronic Commerce: Selling lemonade has never been this tough By David Strom http://www.strom.com/pubwork/ecommerce.html "The Nature of Markets in the World Wide Web," Lada A. Adamic and Bernardo A. Huberman, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 6/1/99. http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/groups/iea/www/webmarkets.html Use the web to research case studies by Marian Burk Wood http://unix.ama.org/atama/mnonline/mno97/auga97/feat3.htm The 100 Hottest Companies on the Net  ranking by Business 2.0 of the 100 companies that are taking the best advantage of the opportunities promised by the Net Economy. http://www.business2.com/articles/1999/05/content/cover-story.html World Best Website Awards are granted to exemplary websites that are pursuing "best practices" in website design & Internet communications. The criteria employed are among the most rigorous on the Internet. http://www.websurf.com/fame.htm The physics of Internet success http://www.internetday.com/archives/102899.html The source of success...content http://www.internetday.com/archives/102199.html Andersen Consulting News - 09.0 Andersen Consulting Study Finds European Executives' Attitudes Are A Major Barrier To Ecommerce Success http://www.ac.com/news/9.98/news_090398.html Malaysian E-Commerce Success Depends On More Users - Report http://library.northernlight.com/MG19990528180000192.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc 3 Steps to eCommerce success http://www.theambergroup.com/myss/  8 easy steps to E-commerce success http://www.weborama.co.uk/resellers/how.htm E-commerce success looks long way off as old suspicions shroud on-line goods http://library.northernlight.com/PN19990830020036562.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc Portal Sites Becoming Key To E-Commerce Success http://staging.crn.com/sections/news/796/796pg1c.asp E-Commerce Success Tied to Management Commitment March 18, 1999 Informationweek http://www.informationweek.com/newsflash/nf622/0318_st10.htm Retail- the E-Commerce Dilemma   Investext Reports 08/18/1999 http://library.northernlight.com/ML19990916100019041.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc The secret to e-commerce success really isn't a secret at all Monique Harris on June 24, 1999 http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/messages/9247.html The Electran Approach to E-Commerce http://www.electran.com/ElectranWhitePaper.html E-Commerce Success: Aligning Two Different Worlds By John McCormick, nter@ctive Week  December 14, 1998 http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/prtarchivestory/0,4356,378032,00.html Business Strategies that Spell E-Commerce Success by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson http://www.webcommercetoday.com/wct2/issue22.htm E-Commerce Success Story: Cameraworld.com Exclusive Interview with Alessandro Mina, CEO and Walt Mulvey, COO http://www.worldbizcenter.net/Articles/article12/article12.htm Prescriptions For An E-Commerce Hangover by Deborah Kania http://www.searchz.com/Articles/0205993.shtml  E-Commerce Myths And Realities By Clinton Wilder http://www.mgt.smsu.edu/mgt487/mgtissue/ecommerc/index.htm E-Commerce Hurting the Little Guy By Michael Pastore Editor, CyberAtlas, July 27, 1999. http://ecommerce.internet.com/opinions/print/0,1282,3551_169341,00.html eCommerce Strategy - what’s that? by Christophe Portenier, Addison Lloyd Group http://www.algrp.com/eCommerce01.htm E-Commerce Success Story: iEscrow.com Exclusive Interview with Sherman Kwok, President :   http://www.worldbizcenter.net/Articles/article13/article13.htm eCommerce success stories confirm "there's money online" http://library.northernlight.com/FB19981119140000092.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc E-Commerce Success Story: BruderToys.com Exclusive Interview with Beate Bruder http://www.worldbizcenter.net/Articles/article10/article10.htm Lessons From Comdex: Five Dangerous Internet Legends Annette Hamilton, Executive Producer ZDNet AnchorDesk, NOVEMBER 20, 1998 http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_2792.html Maintaining Long-Term E-Commerce Success Course in San Jose State University http://www.ecmtraining.com/sjsu/courses/ctge443c.htm Distributors Unite Behind E-Commerce Push By Pedro Pereira & David Jastrow New York. Jan. 12, 1998 http://www.crn.com/dailies/weekending011698/jan12digG.asp "Content and uptime the key to e-commerce success, not design" Borje Carlsson http://www.dbmaint.com/pressSVDoDI07_04_99eng.html E-Commerce Success : Building a Global Business Architecture By Cashin, Jerry. Published by Computer Technology Research Date Published: 06/1999 ISBN: 1566070716.

Success/Failure stories(38 links)

Success stories E-Commerce Times Special: Interviews about real-life experiences of entrepreneurs and companies selling online. Find out what makes online businesses successful, how they got started, how they promote their sites and how they would advise new online merchants to proceed. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/success_stories/ Stories From Hell: Some spectacular eCommerce failures recorded here at garage.com http://www.garage.com/hellStories.shtml InternetSuccessStories.com This site is dedicated to helping you find inspiration and information on how to successfully start and operate a business on the Internet by reading the stories of other successful Internet Entrepreneurs. http://internetsuccessstories.com Lasso Success Stories http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/products/LassoSuccess.html eBoz! E-commerce Success Stories: Learn from successful netrepreneurs. http://www.eboz.com/articles/success/ Web sales and Internet marketing Compilation of sucees stories http://library.websales.com.au/Electronic_Commerce/Success_Stories/ World Biz Center.Net Special reports on eCommerce success storieshttp://www.worldbizcenter.net/Articles/articles-archives.htm eCommerce success stories The source magazine http://thesourcemagazine.com/spotlight.html E-commerce Boot Camp-Success Story by Ted Treanor     http://www.becrc.org/OnRamp/EC Boot Camp.htm ECommerce@YourCompany.com Pradeep Anand http://www.pradeepanand.com/newpage1.htm The Secrets to E-Commerce Success http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/retailing/article/0,1323,6061_153941,00.html The Benefits of ECommerce Pradeep Anand http://www.pradeepanand.com/benefits.htm Celticknot.com http://www.celticknot.com/studio/e-com.html HomeBizNetwork http://www.homebiznetwork.net/ecommerce/stories.html BIZ-Internet Success Stories http://cgi.amcity.com/biz/1997-10-17/success.html Cyber Source Success Stories http://www.cybersource.com/customers/stories/ AMS eCommerce Client Success Stories http://amsinc.com/eCommerce/ecomCSS.htm Microsoft Smallbiz talk success stories http://www.microsoft.com/smallbiz/success/ Ernest & Young success stories http://www.ey.com/idea/success.asp Compaq success stories http://www.success-stories.digital.com/ Andromedia http://www.andromedia.com/company/success_stories/index.html ComVersant  Success Stories  http://www.comversant.com/clients2.htm Compaq.com - Compaq ISP Solutions - Success Stories http://vwww.compaq.com/isp/success_stories/index.html NetSales, Inc. - Success Stories http://www.netsales.ch/NS/successful/stories.asp Resonate Inc Market solutions and success stories. Some real-life testimonials and company descriptions. http://www.resonateinc.com/solutions/index.html Waverider -Technology - Success Stories - ACCPAC International http://www.accpac.com/success/technology/waverider.asp OKEC: Oklahoma Electronic Commerce Connection. The following eCommerce stories demonstrate the variety of ways Oklahoma business people are applying ecommerce http://www.okec.org/casehistories/ 10 Steps to Ecommerce success - IMS guide to ecommece succes http://www.ecomcity.com/ecommerce.htm Mercantec success story http://www.mercantec.com/news/mainsttoys.htm Hype hampers chances of E-commerce success.  Computer Weekly, 12/03/1998 http://library.northernlight.com/PN19981217010000826.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc E-Commerce Success: Eight Critical Factors http://www.csref.org/news/111998-ecommerce.asp Cisco cites E-commerce success of Web site By Jim Kerstetter http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/news/0505/05ecis.html Companies Take Divergent Paths To E-Commerce Success Mar 03, 1999 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- NEW YORK -- Is there a single correct way to create an e-commerce system? http://library.northernlight.com/FC19990303990000051.html?cb=0&sc=0#doc How Eservice Could Put You Out of Business Jesse Berst, Editorial Director ZDNet AnchorDesk MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1999. http://www.bits2atoms.com/addvalue/eservice.html Analysts: E-commerce success will 'surprise people' By Maria Seminerio and Renee Deger June 17, 1997 3:07 PM PDT ZDNN http://www5.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/zdnn/0617/zdnn0005.html E-Commerce Success Means Rethinking Customer Value By Dianna Husum, editor  Web-Vantage 10 Feb 98 http://www.web-vantage.com/live/980210l2.html DoD's E-Commerce Success Story http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun1999/n06171999_9906173.html The Failure of Nets.Inc by ‘Net Prophet’, Webcentric; E-Commerce Special Report  http://www.webcentricman.com/html/media_ec_netsinc_1197.html

Case studies(38 links)

E-Commerce Case Studies by CIO WebBusiness http://www.cio.com/forums/ec/ec_case.html Case Studies Resources This site contains links to web sites that provide case studies involving electronic commerce http://www.sea.net.au/electronic_commerce/case_studies Electronic Commerce Course Cases Page: Section Editor: Daniel E. O'Leary http://www.usc.edu/schools/business/atisp/ec/cases/case2.htm Three eCommerce case studies in direct point-of-sale (“Internet”) Ecommerce in the supply chain (“Extranet”) Ecommerce to improve internal business processes (“Intranet”) http://www.ibsc.co.uk/conferences/webnet98/ecomcourse/ec2/tsld019.htm Case Studies ZD eCommerceAlert- review examples of eCommerce breakthroughs and apply the lessons of these successes to your own eCommerce efforts. http://www.zdjournals.com/eca/features/case/ Case Studies The eCommerce Innovation Centre. Resulting from  various projects with SMEs, the following case studies are available (in PDF format). http://info.cardiff.ac.uk/uwcc/masts/ecic/eciccs.htm Free reports and case studies http://www.theecademy.com/free.html "In Search of E-Commerce"  authored by Internet experts Robert Seidman and Mark Hurst. The report contains case studies of seven sites: Apple, Dell,Amazon, Barnes & Noble, AOL, Microsoft Expedia, and CDnow. http://www.goodreports.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.100.exe/risoe.html?L+scstore+lgqy8728+941642619 Ad/Insight: 1999 Case Studies  http://www.channelseven.com/adinsight/case_studies/ E-commerce is not just technology Advice garnered from in-depth case studies with executives from 10 leading-edge organizations that implemented their own e-commerce solutions. June 8, 199 http://www.idg.net/crd_idc_76695.html Andersen Case Studies in eCommerce http://www.ac.com/services/entsol/ents_cases.html IBM ebusiness case studies http://www.ibm.com/e-business/case_studies/ e-Commerce: Virtually Here (4/20/99) In a special research report, Merrill Lynch analysts examine how e-commerce is altering the ways of doing business in 15  industries. http://www.e-commerce.research.ml.com/ NetCommerce magazine Each month has a different industry focus (i.e. travel, automotive, retail) and commentary on how the Internet is affecting them. Information on how to make these businesses better. http://www.netcommercemag.com Intranet Case studies by those who know  Intranet Design Magazine http://idm.internet.com/rweb/index.html WinMetrics Case Studies. Custom operations management and eCommerce software applications including  performance tracking and staff scheduling http://classee.com/casestudies.htm Ernst & Young LLP - eCommerce Case Studies http://www.ey.com/ecommerce/casestudies.asp Net Shepherd's Case Studies http://www.netshepherd.com/solutions/case studies/edmonton.htm SAP -Case Studies Andersen Consulting http://www.ac.com/services/sap/sap_cases.html Business Management Case Studies http://www.freepint.co.uk/issues/261198.htm#tips ePublicEye.com  Directory of Certified Safer Shopping Sites. This shopping resource features shopping sites that are conitinually monitored for reliability and customer satisfaction, and rated by real shoppers. http://www.thepubliceye.com/search.htm Progressive Grocer's GroceryNetwork, the ultimate Internet gateway to access valuable information regarding the total grocery supply chain. http://www.progressivegrocer.com/industry.htm CallPro ecommerce Case Studies  CallPro Canada provides solutions for telephony, systems integration and the internet. http://www.callpro.com/showcase/seagateCS.asp Sun E-Commerce Case Study How Sun cut costs and boosted performance on its international Web commerce sites? http://www.sun.com/980825/ecomm/;$sessionid$4G152FQAAFYYTAMUVFZE45UBSSUXEUDO Case Studies for Business Use of the Internet As part of the BEGIN project, actual business uses of the Internet have been put into case study form. http://manuel.brad.ac.uk/BEGIN/casestudy/index.htm Business Case Studies Center Real stories about the successes and challenges faced by businesses. http://expert-market.com/bcs/ Business case studuies at about.com http://businessmajors.miningco.com/education/college/businessmajors/msub5.htm E-Commerce Case Studies Case studies and reports on Web presence, selling, and more - mostly UK-based information. http://www2.vnu.co.uk/e_com/e_05_01.htm Mark Net World - Case Studies http://www.mnworld.net/case.htm Case Study: Creating a composite E-Commerce platform from multiple web sites http://www.engage.com/cases/default.htm Internet business case-studies computer management training video http://www.lookmm.com/ibctbc.html Microsoft eCommerce case studies http://www.microsoft.com/europe/industry/ecommerce/casestudies/ Align Solutions Case Studies http://www.alignsc.com/newalign.nsf/website/CaseStudiesHome Envision Development Corporation http://www.envisiondev.com/case_studies.htm marketNOW! http://www.marketnow.net/casestudy/index.asp Young America Case Studies http://www.young-america.com/fulfillment/cases.htm Camwell Consulting case studies http://www.camwell.co.uk/projects.htm#euro Internet best practices http://www.webcentricman.com/html/best_practices.html