California State University, East Bay Homework of ITM 4278 Chapter 9 Online Retailing and Services 1)Contrary to predictions of analysts made during the early days of e-commerce, the Internet has led to both disintermediation and hypermediation on a widespread basis

California State University, East Bay

Homework of ITM 4278

Chapter 9 Online Retailing and Services

1)Contrary to predictions of analysts made during the early days of e-commerce, the Internet has led to both disintermediation and hypermediation on a widespread basis.

2. Consumers are primarily price-driven when shopping on the Internet.

3. Online retailing provides an example of the powerful role that intermediaries continue to play in retail trade.

4. Sharing economy fees collect a fee from both sellers and buyers who use the platform.

5. Which of the following statements is not true?

6. The online mortgage industry has transformed the process of obtaining a mortgage.

7. The major impact of Internet real estate sites is in influencing offline decisions.

8. Which of the following is not a major trend in online retail for 2014-2015?

9. All of the following statements about the MOTO sector are true except:

10. All of the following were factors that precipitated the growth of MOTO except:

11. All of the following were parts of the vision during the early days of e-commerce except the belief that:

12. All of the following are advantages of online retail except:

13. Which of the following is not one of the central challenges facing the online retail industry?

14. All of the following are strategic factors that pertain specifically to a firm and its related businesses except:

15. The lower the cost of sales compared to_________, the higher the gross profit.

16. Which of the following is not categorized as an operating expense?

17. What is another name for pro forma earnings?

18. All of the following statements about Amazon are true except:

19. All of the following are challenges faced by bricks-and-clicks firms except:

20. The term supply-push refers to:

21. Which of the following is not true about sharing economy firms?

22. Which of the following statements about online banking is not true?

23. ______________measures the percentage of sales revenue a firm is able to retain after all expenses are deducted

from gross revenues.

24. If a firm'sshort-term obligations.is only marginally positive, or negative, the firm will likely have trouble meeting its