1. Describe some of the reasons that early dot-com companies had an initial advantage over traditional companies in developing an online sales capability.
2. What is one of the ways that the dot-com meltdown in the United States during the early 2000s influenced the growth of e-business in this country?
3. Choose one of the five competitive forces in Porter's model. Describe a new opportunity and a new threat due to e-commerce via the Internet for a specific industry of your choosing.
4. Compare and contrast a context diagram (using data flow diagram (DFD) modeling) and a use case diagram (using unified modeling language (UML))?
5. What are the seven key elements of a system? Explain what role each element plays in describing a system.