Transition to E-commerce

in India

Challenges to Indian
corporate
Awareness,16%
Infrastructure and access
Human capacity and skills
Legal and regulatory framework
Financial institutes
Internal resistance(cultural changes, not

many are prepared)

External driving factors

Sheer necessity
Global market
Value for money
No-entries barriers

Need of Act 2000

For legal recognition transaction carried out

by means of electronic data interchange and

other means of electronic communication
For electronic filling of documents ,with govt.
agencies
For delivering govt. services by means of
reliable electronic records

Overview of ACT-2000
Electronic contracts will be legally valid
Legal recognition of digital signature
DS to be effected by use of asymmetric crypto

system and hash function

Security procedure for ER & DS
Appointment of certifying authorities and
controller of CA.
CA should get license to issue digital
signature certificate

Various types of computer crime defined and

penalties are decided

Appointment of Adjudicating Officer
Establishment of cyber appellate Tribunal
Appeal from Adjudicating Officer to cyber
appellate Tribunal not to civil court
Appeal from cyber appellate Tribunal to high
court
Act to apply offences committed outside India
NSP not to be liable in certain areas
Power of police officers to enter into any
public place and search and arrest without
warrant

IT Act enables
Legal recognition to electronic record
Facilitate electronic communication by means of

electronic record
Acceptance of contract expressed by electronic
mean
Facilitate e-commerce and EDI
Facilitate electronic filing of documents
Retention of documents in electronic form
Prevent computer crime, forged electronic record
falsification in e-commerce and electronic
transaction

Positive aspects for

corporate
sector
E-mail will now be valid and legal form(memos)
E-commerce using legal infrastructure
Able to use DS
Entry of corporate in the business of being CA
2001-2002,4% ,hike in online shopping
2001-2002,13%-16%, Internet user
Cost- effective, time saving and profitable solution
Push for e-commerce adoption
Started using EDI & E-SCM

Modern trends in Ebusiness

E-business process
Information sharing
Order payment
Fulfillment
Service
Support

Modern trends in Ebusiness

Need
Security
Infrastructure
Digital cash
Online catalogs
EDI
E-mail
Institution

E-strategy
Technology

Market

Integrated Estrategy

Brand

Service

Dimensions of E-strategy
Leadershi
p
Technolog
y

Service
Infrastruc
ture

Market
Brand
Organizati
onal

The commerce value

chain
Attract(Adve
r.)

Interact(Cat
al.sale)

Act(Order
capture)

React(Cust.
service)

Planning the E-commerce

project

Identifying the initiatives objective

Linking Objective to business strategy
Managing business strategy
Continuing operation of the initiative