The Economist, December 21^st 2002, E-commerce Profits at Last, 91.

Questions:

1)      What does Amazon sell?

2)      What is an “e-tailer”?

3)      …The creation of entirely new business models : could you comment and explain why they are new?

4)      What is “data-storage” and “what is “web-hosting”?

5)      What is “to bundle services”?

6)      What are “broadband connections”? What is the consequence of broadband development?

7)      Update this text with present figures on e-commerce you will find on the net ( state websites) for France and compare with other countries.

8)      Do you agree with the conclusion of the text?