1 Firm infrastructure and human resource management are part

1) Firm infrastructure and human resource management are part of the support value activities.

true or false

2) Which of the below is not a valid form of an ebusiness revenue model?

a) subscription fees

b) value-added services fees

c) advertising fees

d) service provider

Solution

1. The answer is true.

In the value chain analysis, primary activities includes inbound logistics, operations and outbound logistics.

Support value activities includes firm infrastructure, human resource management, procurement and technology development.

2. Revenue models of e-business or online business includes advertising fees in the form of site ad revenue, revenue from subscription access to content, value added services like subscriber data access or access to customers for online research. However, service provider is not a pure and a valid form of e-business revenue model. It is used by offline models or brick and mortar models. So the answer is option \"d\".