a) Is e-commerce possible without the Internet? Explain.

e-commerce it mostly internet based but can also be used without the internet, such as with the use of the electronic telegraph, fax machines, . electronic data interchange, & bar coding.

b) Describe the 3 forms of e-commerce

There is business-to-business,

(inter-organizational information systems in which a company handles transactions within its own value chain and with other business organizations.

business-to-employee ( focus mainly on handling the actvivities that take place within the organization.

business-to-consumer. (retail actions between a company and individual customers)

Consumer-to-connsumer (buying and selling directly, via internet.)

c) What are the purposes of an intranet? What are the main characteristics of an intranet

They connect phtsically with computers, printers and other hardware networks.

characteristics include, a network, at least one computer with server software and other computers.