Hardcore Web Business

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Yihong Ding:

"Before approaching, I distinguish Web businesses into two categories---the hardcore Web business and the softcore Web business. Businesses such as Google.com and eBay.com primarily consume online resources (such as page ranks among Web links and Web services) and produce new online resources (such as new theme-focused links and listed online products) to be consumed. Without the World Wide Web, these businesses cannot survive. They are hardcore Web businesses. By contrast, other companies such as Gap.com and southwest.com primarily consume offline resources (such as clothes and airline tickets) but produce new online resources (such as online sale and digital tickets) to be consumed. These companies can survive without the World Wide Web. They are softcore Web businesses. By this distinction, in the narrowed sense only hardcore Web businesses are real Web industries. Softcore Web businesses are offline industries that happen to be online." (http://www.semanticreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=1&ed=3)

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