We analyze one of the most important phenomena of emerging B2B markets, their impact in promoting changes in contracting for the same goods traded on the B2B exchange. This trend is especially important in capital-intensive industries, where improvements in ne-tuning the coordination of supply and demand carry large economic bene ts. The spot market information conveyed through B2B transactions...

The use of information technology in business-to-business transactions (commonly referred to as B2B ECommerce) has gained a lot of attention throughout the last years. Even though the euphoria about the possibilities of using electronic media has subsided, IT has subtly altered the way companies do transactions. B2B E-Commerce can take many different forms (EDI, E-Shops, etc.). In this research...

the telecommunications industry plays an important role in providing ICT services to a wide range of customers. In addition to individual customers, corporate customers also are user of these services and have an important role to make return on investment for telecom companies (Telcos). Therefore, this group of customers should not be ignored by any reason. This is where the Telecom Companies ...

The use of Semantic Web Service (SWS) technologies have been suggested to enable more dynamic B2B integration of heterogeneous systems and partners. We present our approach to accomplish dynamic B2B integrations based on the WSMX SWS environment. We particularly show howWSMX can be made to support the RosettaNet e-business framework and how it can add dynamics to B2B interactions by automating ...

B2B is a strong multidisciplinary research field with many constituent disciplines and technologies. This paper deals with the B2B interoperability in the sense of open component and framework standards. In particular, underlying network technologies, protocols, the components and concepts of Web intelligence, and the frameworks for B2B interoperability are described. All technologies described...

When information systems (IS) are developed and implemented, in any context, a number of success factors determine whether or not the effort will succeed. Attention to success factors helps to avoid some costly mistakes, and speeds up the way change is managed. This paper is focused on how to manage critical success factors (CSF) in organisations involved in standards-based Business-to-Business...

Through the use of business-to-business electronic commerce (B2B e-commerce), leading companies are transforming interorganizational transaction processing, trading, and collaboration into a competitive advantage. The research empirically examines several models with B2B ecommerce overall use as the dependent variable and innovation characteristics, context, channel factors, and organizational ...

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce has become an important initiative among firms in the last few years. This study is based on data derived from over 20 interviews with CEOs, CIOs, and MIS managers in electronics and textile companies in Taiwan. This study contributes to existing literature by describing the degree to which various organizational, industrial, governmental and cultural facto...