Getting Sophisticated with eBusiness: An Extended Model of B2B

This paper reports on research carried out in 1999-2001 on the organisational benefits arising from e-business applications. An interview-based vehicle was used to collect data on a variety of established organisations from a diverse range of industries. The findings are analysed according to the level of sophistication of ebusiness model providing an extended classification of B2B. Eleven case studies of e-business integration are analysed in the context of this classification. Collectively the set of case studies is used to demonstrate the effects of increasing benefits from higher levels of sophistication of e-business integrating front and back-end systems through a network of e-business enabled organisations.