Title :
Value Chain & Profit Model Analysis in E-Tourism and Case Study
Author :
Du, Meixian ; Lao, Guoling
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Manage. & Eng., Shanghai Univ. of Finance & Econ., Shanghai
Abstract :
With the wild application of e-business and the rapid development of modern service industries, a significant impact on the traditional tourism in many ways has happened. With value chain theory, this paper made an analysis of the distinctive features and forms of the tourism value chain. By profit model analysis, it discussed four elements of profit model. At last, a case study of Ctrip included value chain and profit model analysis was given.
Keywords :
electronic commerce; profitability; travel industry; value engineering; e-business; e-tourism; profit model analysis; value chain theory; Consumer electronics; Environmental economics; Finance; Information analysis; Information management; Information technology; Internet; Marketing and sales; Production; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1944
