The strategic changes by adopting internet‐based interorganizational systems

Lai, Ivan Ka Wai

doi:10.1108/01409170710759711

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“…In order for firms to stay competitive in the marketplace domestically and internationally, businesses have always strived to improve themselves by creating better ways to meet their customers' needs (Ahmad, Abdul Rani, & Mohd Kassim, 2010). One of the most significant development trends in the last 10 years is the increased use of the Internet as a medium for conducting business activities and new opportunities for transaction due to its potential benefits to businesses, especially to small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), such as cost reduction, streamlining of business processes, enhancing a firm's market reach, improved operational efficiencies, access to new customers, supplier contacts and trading partners, creation of new ways of selling existing products and greater competitive advantage (Beatty, Shim, & Jones, 2001;Chau, 2003;Daniel, Hoxmeier, White, & Smart, 2004;Lai, 2007;Riemenschneider, Harrison, & Mykytyn, 2003;Standing, Standing, & Love, 2010).…”

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An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting e-Commerce Adoption among Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Developing Country: Evidence from Malaysia

Ahmad

Bakar

Faziharudean

et al. 2014

Information Technology for Development

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The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine determinants of e-commerce adoption among Malaysian small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study tested eight hypotheses on determinants affecting e-commerce adoption with empirical data from several survey instruments: an online questionnaire-based survey, mailed survey and questionnaire collected in-person from a sample of 307 SMEs in Malaysia. The findings show that e-commerce adoption within Malaysian SMEs is affected by perceived relative advantage, perceived compatibility, managers/owner's knowledge and expertise, management characteristics and external change agents. This study contributes to enhancing the understanding of the determinants of adopting e-commerce in SMEs and provides some interesting perspective from Malaysia. Those parties interested in promoting their business online may find these results helpful in guiding their efforts.

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An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting e-Commerce Adoption among Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Developing Country: Evidence from Malaysia

Ahmad

Bakar

Faziharudean

et al. 2014

Information Technology for Development

174

126

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“…An electronic market (e-market) is a virtual marketplace in which buyers and sellers are brought together in one central market for conducting electronic commerce activities including the exchange of goods, services or information online (Dou and Chou, 2002;Grieger, 2003). It has become increasingly popular due to its potential benefits to business, especially to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), including strengthened customer relationships, ease of reaching targeted markets, improved efficiency, reduced costs, and greater competitive advantage (Daniel et al, 2004;Lai, 2007;Standing et al, 2010).…”

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Evaluating the critical determinants for adopting e‐market in Australian small‐and‐medium sized enterprises

Duan

Deng

Corbitt

2012

Management Research Review

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Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical investigation of the critical determinants for the adoption of e-market in Australian small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) within the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework. Design/methodology/approach-A conceptual model is proposed for better understanding the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. Structural equation modelling is used for testing and validating the proposed conceptual model based on the survey data collected from Australian SMEs. A logistic regression analysis is conducted for identifying the relationship between the critical determinants and the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. Findings-A positive relationship is identified between the perceived direct benefit, top management support, external pressure, trust and the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. The top management support emerges as the most critical determinant. The perceived indirect benefit, size and organization readiness, however, do not show a significant influence on the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. Research limitations/implications-This study focuses on the investigation of the critical determinants in the adoption of e-market in Australian SMEs. In order to gain an holistic understanding of the e-market adoption in Australian SMEs, the impact of adopting e-market on the performance of SMEs should be examined. Furthermore, this study does not distinguish the adoption of e-market in SMEs between Australian metropolitan and rural areas. SMEs located in rural areas by the nature and location own specific characteristics such as a limited access to resources and less influenced by external pressure. The issues of their concern in the adoption of e-market might be different from those located in metropolitan areas. Originality/value-This study contributes to the e-market adoption research in proposing and validating a research model for the e-market adoption within the TOE framework, and by highlighting the criticality of the determinants of adopting e-market in Australian SMEs.

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“…The most recent articles in this category are from 2007. They discuss how information technology facilitates the e-commerce supply chain and logistics from different points of view: the application of RFID with multi-agent inventory management systems, finding opportunities for efficiency improvement (Garcia et al, 2007), the strategic changes involved in adopting internetbased, inter-organizational systems (IIOS) for an LSP (Lai, 2007), an agent-based approach for online order tracking (Trappey et al, 2004), case studies on IT applications for logistics (Rae-Smith & Ellinger, 2002;Farhoomand et al, 2003) and the benefits of information technology in supply chain management in different industries (Auramo et al, 2005).…”

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E-Commerce Logistics

Bask

Lipponen

Tinnilä

2012

International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications

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E-commerce has attracted increasing interest at the beginning of the 21st century, in both academia and practice. Today, the Internet is commonly used by both consumers and businesses as a means of purchasing goods. The authors’ study focuses on e-commerce logistics, focusing on the physical delivery of goods sold over the Internet. Based on a systematic review of articles, the authors will summarize and analyze the main findings of academic literature and highlight certain research issues recognized on this topic. The main objective is to study the state-of-the-art of e-commerce logistics research and future research needs. The reviewed articles have been formed into seven categories, and each category is discussed in the paper. The largest categories discuss e-commerce logistics in relation to retail strategies, logistics strategies and structures, and buyer preferences. Although logistics is a critical part of e-commerce, it seems based on the review that not many e-commerce logistics solutions have been developed or studied in current research, and logistics has often been treated as only a minor issue among other issues in e-commerce.

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The strategic changes by adopting internet‐based interorganizational systems

Cited by 8 publications

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An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting e-Commerce Adoption among Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Developing Country: Evidence from Malaysia

An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting e-Commerce Adoption among Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Developing Country: Evidence from Malaysia

Evaluating the critical determinants for adopting e‐market in Australian small‐and‐medium sized enterprises

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