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MEMORANDUM

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

DATE:

TO:

FROM:

RE: Bricks and Clicks-Kicking the Tires of an E-Commerce Company: Issues to Consider when Setting Up, or Investing in, an E-business.

Citation: Shirali, A., & Schmelzer, R. (2000, August). Bricks and Clicks-Kicking the Tires of an E-Commerce Company: Issues to Consider when Setting up, or Investing in, an E-Business. Journal of Internet Law, 4(2), 16-20. EBSCOHOST.

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS

In your own words, summarize the article.

The article was written in the year 2000. It begins by stating internet sales are going to increase to 133 billion dollars while business-to-business online sales are going to reach 348 billion dollars. Do to the sudden internet boom, companies will fail to develop comprehensive e-business strategies. E-businesses not only have the same policies and issues as traditional businesses, but also have additional internet issues. Businesses that decide to use the internet have many decisions to make such as what type of site they want to create, how they are going to market their site, what their financial plan for its e-commerce is going to be, how are they going to manage the site, what the content of the site is going to be, and how the company is going to meet its customers’ online needs and expectations.

LEGAL ISSUE

In 1 to 3 sentences, identify the legal business issues raised in the article.

Will companies fail to develop comprehensive e-business strategies is the legal issue. The website created by the company still has to comply with the Federal Trade Commission regulations as well as the Securities Exchange Commission regulations. In addition all documents and materials need to be carefully reviewed broad enough in scope to cover the Internet and any subsequent technology that may be developed. The company also has to have disclaimers, terms and conditions, and be very specific to...