NDLI: The human face of electronic business: from component supplier to strategic business partner through IT supported networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Wennberg, H. Ronnback, A.O.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Manage. & Econ., Linkoping Inst. of Technol., Sweden (Wennberg, H.; Ronnback, A.O.)
Abstract	The introduction of e-business practices on the Internet is making companies re-evaluate and re-define their existing intra-organizational and inter-organizational relationships. This paper explores in what ways Internet communication can facilitate the integration between companies within a business network. We study the implementation of a Web-based communication platform in an SME network with more than 20 companies. Their objective with the Web-based platform is: (1) to increase global marketing via the Internet, and (2) to improve communication both internally between the member companies and externally with other business partners. With a survey, we investigated if the participating companies perceive that better IT support helps them gain additional competitive advantage in the marketplace. Based on the results from the study, we argue that there is a need to complement the generally technical-driven discussion regarding e-business solutions with a strategic, organizational, managerial and relationship-oriented perspective, which we refer to as "giving e-business a human face".
Sponsorship	Univ. Hawaii College of Bus. Adm
File Size	203455
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769509819
DOI	10.1109/HICSS.2001.927147
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-01-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Humans Face Companies Consumer electronics IP networks Business communication Internet Technology management Engineering management Industrial engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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