Glossary - E

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E-Commerce

Wide range of online business activities for products and services. (Source 3)

E-Learning 

Online learning platform that offers training and can be based on a retailer s requirements and updates about challenges in the rapidly changing business environment. (Source 3)

Ecosystem 

An ecosystem is a community of interrelated stakeholders, each of which plays one or more roles, interacting in a value fabric to achieve targeted objectives. An ecosystem is outside the remit of a single enterprise and can consist of more than one enterprise acting as partners to attain a joint task, such as for example a roaming partnership. 
e.g. Amazon Marketplace, Apple App Store, Google Play store, Smart City ecosystem, Connected Car ecosystem, etc. 

Ecosystem Management 

An ecosystem is a community of interrelated stakeholders, each of which plays one or more roles, interacting in a value fabric to achieve targeted objectives. An ecosystem is outside the remit of a single enterprise and can consist of more than one enterprise acting as partners to attain a joint task, such as for example a roaming partnership. 
e.g. Amazon Marketplace, Apple App Store, Google Play store, Smart City ecosystem, Connected Car ecosystem, etc. 

Edge Computing 

Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and data storage closer to the location where it is used and/or generated. (Source 1)

Embedding 

Act of adding a code to a website so a video or photo can be displayed there while it is being hosted at another site. (Source 3)

Encryption 

Method by which plaintext or other type of data is converted from a readable form to an encoded version that can be decoded only by another entity with access to a decryption key. (Source 3)

Environment & Energy Management 

Energy management is the proactive, organized, and systematic coordination of procurement, conversion, distribution and use of energy to meet the requirements, taking into account environmental and economic objectives. Environment management consists of organizing different environmental initiatives to address ecological issues to prevent ecological disaster as well as aiding in environmental crises and finding appropriate solutions. (Source 11)

Experience Driven Design 

Designing products and services with a focus placed on the quality of the customer experience delivered by the product or service and any associated customer engagements.  (Source 1)​​​​​​​

External Talent Pool 

An external talent pool is a repository which stores talent profiles of people outside the organization. (Source 12)

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