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Is e-commerce so different from "offline commerce"? What can be done to boost ecommerce and help countries leapfrog to a digital economy? This presentation was prepared for a workshop with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in October 2007.

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O-Commerce vs. E-Commerce

Crucial Success factors for

Economic Growth & Development

Benjamin JoffeManaging Director | Plus Eight Star | www.plus8star.com

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Sometimes the most direct route

to innovation is to look abroad

and translate what you find

Tom Kelley

Author of The Art of Innovation

他山之石,可以攻玉Chinese proverb

0. Introduction

1. O-commerce and E-commerce

2. Building online trust

3. Shift to a digital economy

4. Shift to a knowledge economy

Agenda

Introduction

e-Readiness Ranking

‘ICT infrastructure and the ability of its consumers, businesses

and governments to use ICT to their benefit’

TIER 1

#1 Denmark

#2 US

#16 South Korea

#18 Japan

TIER 2

#21 Ireland

#37 Malaysia

TIER 3

#57 China

#55 Egypt

Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit & IBM, 2007

E-commerce:

Germany

Non-US markets lead in many usage categories

Source: Morgan Stanley Research, 2007

Usage

Retailers

Macroscopic

C2C & B2C transactions amount

Penetration rate among Internet users

Retailers

Internet companies

Total ecosystem (incl. material & immaterial goods)

Investment

Payment infrastructure (Internet, mobile, other)

% of e-commerce in total commerce

Jobs / companies created

Innovation

Measuring the success of e-commerce

e-Commerce

Physical goods

Digital goods

Knowledge

Physical goods

Digital goods

Knowledge

e-Commerce

O-commerce and E-commerce

Offline commerce

and

Online commerce

Question #1

Do you use Internet regularly?

Question #2

Have you shopped online?

Offline transaction (o-commerce)

Display

product

Select

product

Contact

seller

‘Offline’

visit

Pay on site

Return product

Get replacement or refund

e-commerce transaction

Display

product

Select

product

Online

payment

Contact

seller

Deliver

product

Deliver

product

Pay on

delivery

Return product

Get replacement or refund

Return product

Get replacement or refund

Updating your words

Updating your thinking

e-commerce has obvious

advantagesover o-commerce

(Choice, speed, delivery, price…)

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Building online trust

There is little assumed trust

and payment is a problem

Day 1

Day 2

Day 1

Day 2

Display

product

Select

product

Online

payment

Contact

seller

Deliver

product

Deliver

product

Pay on

delivery

Return product

Get replacement or refund

Return product

Get replacement or refund

Trust

Trust is a lubricant

for transactions

1. Trust in the seller

2. Trust in the payment system

3. Trust in the buyer

Story 1

Online shopping in China

<1 year since purchase but…

No refund

No replacement

(No repair?)

Net result

1. Loss of trust

2. I will not buy again from

Taobao shops

3. (Maybe you neither ^_^; )

Let’s compare to Germany

Story 2

Online shopping in Germany

LCD TV

2000 EUR

Delivery: free (over 40 EUR)

Free refund within 30 days

4.5 stars

187 reviews

Payment security and shopping

warranty certificates

[test] Test from a government magazine

Winner of 2006 for every test

(the best you can get)

[TUV] also from the government

Tests cars, elevators and… online shopping

[Safe and Easy] Mastercard certification

[EHI] no extra fees for online shopping

[e Trusted Shops Guarantee]

[Verisign] = Security certificates

Plasma TV

2000 EUR

Write positive review

about previous vendor

Net result

1. Higher trust in both vendors

2. Handling fees for first vendor but

virtuous circle of trust creation

Keys to this transaction

1. Certificates by trusted third parties

2. Money back guarantee

3. Seller rating

4. Secure payment system

(bank transfer or credit card)

5. Reliable logistics and limited costs

Shift to a digital economy

eBayB2C & C2C

> 200 million users

> 1 million make a living on eBay

> 800,000 US citizen

> 100,000 UK citizen

RakutenB2B2C

Results

59,305 companies

18,549,514 items

30 million members

2Q 2007

5 million unique buyers

16 million transactions

800 million EUR gross merchandise sales

Shift to a knowledge economy

E-commerce is not just

about physical goods!

Immaterial goods

1. Cultural goods

2. Information

3. Content industry

(music, movies, knowledge)

Example

Buying online in Korea

‘Digital Korea’(by Tomi Ahonen, August 2007)

1. Over 50% citizen use Internet banking

35% of transactions are online

2. 63% use mobile for payment

25% of all Visa cards are mobile

3. m-commerce transactions for

non-telecom goods exceeded $1bln in 2006

4. (Electronic Signature & E-Commerce Laws)

Naver | Portal

Pay via

1. Mobile phone

2. Credit card

3. Telco 1 (KT)

4. Telco 2 (Hanaro)

5. Bank account

1. Select product or information

2. Enter your mobile number and user ID

3. Receive an SMS

4. Enter the code on the website

5. Pay on your phone bill

Process

In China, numerous payment systems

(bank cards, Yeepay, UnionPay, 99bill, Alipay,

various escrow systems, …)

It takes 10 minutes to pay online with a bank card!

CTO of an Internet VOD service company in China

…but still cumbersome

The Mechanical Turk Chess-playing automaton

(Europe, 18th century)

Mechanical Turk is a

"crowdsourcing" system

1. Requesters post Human Intelligence Tasks

(HITs) along with the fee they will pay.

2. Turkers (the workers) choose their HITs, do

the jobs and submit the results.

40,622 tasks available

from 352 requester

Examples of HITs

1. Locating information on a document

2. Translating foreign languages

3. Transcribing speech

4. Comparing audio to written transcripts.

(most pay very little: 0.1-0.5 RMB)

Internet is a retail channel for

human intelligence

Internet research by English-speaking

University graduates (Masters, PhD)

Convenient.info

is based in Sri Lanka

Payment online or by invoice

in several currencies

Conclusion

Idea #1

E-commerce can create jobs and

enhance economic activity

Idea #2

e-commerce is not so different

from o-commerce

Idea #3

The keys for growth are

TRUST and PAYMENT

Idea #4

Mobile is a payment infrastructure

for goods and content(and not just mobile content)

Idea #5

With the right legal framework and

awareness, China is able to leapfrog

to the digital age

Key roles

1. Protect consumer rights

2. Clarify suppliers rights and

obligations

3. Simplify procedures

4. Support easier payment systems

5. Increase awareness

Closing remarksWest African regional workshop on e-commerce (June 15, 2007)

E-commerce is a catalyst for inclusion in world trade

and for enhancing competitiveness on the global market

Secretary General

Finance Ministry of Niger

We need to establish a legal framework for e-commerce

that will guarantee a secure environment for online

trading by simplifying processes and procedures,

Closing remarksWest African regional workshop on e-commerce (June 15, 2007)

37% of the surveyed enterprises still cited the lack of a

legal framework as one of the difficulties faced in rolling

out e-commerce in Egypt.

Dr Nagwa El-Shenawy

Economic Researcher

Egypt

Participants also stated the importance of using mobile

communication as a potential tool for trade.

They also required an awareness

campaign on the Egyptian e-signature law.

谢谢!Thanks!

benjamin@plus8star.com

+86 1371 880 3321

Skype: benjamin0123

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