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Electronic business (also known as online business or e-business) is any kind of business or commercial activity that includes sharing information across the internet.^[1] Commerce constitutes the exchange of products and services between businesses, groups, and individuals;^[2] and can be seen as one of the essential activities of any business.^[3]

E-commerce focuses on the use of ICT to enable the external activities and relationships of the business with individuals, groups, and other organizations, while e-business does not only deal with online commercial operations of enterprises, but also deals with their other organizational matters such as human resource management and production.^[4] The term "e-business" was coined by IBM's marketing and Internet team in 1996.^[5]^[6]

^ "E-BUSINESS". Cambridge Dictionary.
^ James Stephenson (1942), Principles and Practice of Commerce, London: Sir Issac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, p. 14
^ Oxford Living Dictionaries. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. business [:] 2 The practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce.
^ Beynon-Davies P. (2004). E-Business. Palgrave, Basingstoke. ISBN 1-4039-1348-X
^ Gerstner, L. (2002). Who says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround. pg 172. ISBN 0-06-052379-4
^ Amor, D. (1999). The e-business (r)evolution. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780130851239.