e-Business, business and finance homework help

1. Briefly describe the technologies that are leadingbusinesses into the third wave of electronic commerce.2. In about 100 words, describe the function of the InternetCorporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Include a discussion of thedifferences between  gTLDs and sTLDs in your answer.3. In one or two paragraphs, describe how the Internetchanged from a government research project into a technology for business users.4. In about 100 words, explain the difference between anextranet and an intranet. In your answer, describe when you might use a VPN ineither.5. Define “channel conflict” and describe in one or twoparagraphs how a company might deal with this issue.6. In two paragraphs, explain why a customer-centric Web sitedesign is so important, yet is so difficult to accomplish.7. In about two paragraphs, distinguish between outsourcingand offshoring as they relate to business processes.8. In about 200 words, explain how the achieved trust levelof a company’s communications using blogs and social media compare with similarcommunication efforts conducted using mass media and personal contact.9. Write a paragraph in which you distinguish between avirtual community and a social networking Web site.10. Write two or three paragraphs in which you describe therole that culture plays in the development of a country’s laws and ethicalstandards.