E-Procurement Web Sites Are Organized Around Two Types of E-Hubs

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Essay

E-procurement Web sites are organized around two types of e-hubs. If you were in the advertising business and were seeking to take advantage of e-procurement, what type of e-hub should be constructed by your company?

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Definitions:

Capital Budgeting

The process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are in line with the firm's goal of wealth maximization.

Real Option

The ability to take a course of action that under certain circumstances leads to a benefit. The circumstances that make the action desirable are uncertain, and maintaining the ability to take it requires expenditures before that uncertainty is resolved. Hence, bearing the preliminary cost gives one the option of taking an action in the future that may or may not turn out to be desirable.

Expected NPV

The anticipated Net Present Value of an investment, which estimates the project's profitability by discounting future cash flows to their present value.

Project Outcomes

The results or impacts of a project after its completion, including success, failure, or mixed results.