Multimedia content can be digitally distributed in a B2B and in a B2C context. While B2C distribution has been successfully governed by means of digital licenses, B2B transfers have received less attention. These digital licenses have been expressed in standard RELs (Rights Expression Language) and they can be seen as the electronic replacement of distribution contracts and end user licenses. H...

In this paper, we design and implement a Web-based information system for providing remote surveillance services. The surveillance data can be treated as a kind of digitized product in E-market. By collaborating different value-added services with the same surveillance data, diverse surveillance applications can be introduced. For example, by collaborating with companies (i.e. virtual enterpris...

In the competitive market of B2B E-commerce platform, the former entrant has the advantage of switching cost while the later entrant has the advantage of declining IT cost. Considering the variable investment cost due to the improvement of platform quality, the paper develops an IT investment model to investigate the best investment strategy for B2B E-commerce platform under the impact of switc...

The maturing of e-commerce, the diffusion of call centres into the B2B space and purchaser demands on price and service are leading to rapid change in the route to market in many B2B sectors, with shifting combinations of channels being offered to the customer in the search for advantage. In this situation managers can no longer rely on the channel resources that they have assembled to provide ...

the Internet provides new opportunities and challenges for agricultural product marketing. B2B E-marketplace is a model of E-commerce, which has been used to trade a wide range of goods, including agricultural products. The paper attempted to analyze the benefits and critical factors of B2B e-marketplace in agriculture product marketing case study by Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Trading Market ...

The launch of B2B exchanges in brick and mortar industries has inspired the study of the potential impacts on business models of this shift from offline into online trade. Among market parties, intermediaries form a very interesting group, since electronic marketplaces could be seen as their direct competitors. We argue that the emergence of electronic marketplaces both creates opportunities an...

E-marketplaces present a business-to-business (B2B) trading environment in which firms can benefit from increased choice among trading partners, and other efficiencies gained through electronic trading. B2B e-marketplaces have only recently emerged in New Zealand; however, there is already doubt whether predicted benefits are being realized. This study draws on the Tornatzky and Fleischer (1990...

This paper shows the early results of new research on how the Digital Ecosystems can promote new modes of sustainable e-business practices, for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), using an open architecture for content sharing and B2B interactions in the knowledge economy, and within a framework of open standards. The current e-Business practices and technologies do not always encourage ...

B2Bs are online markets where buyers and sellers trade products either in the spot market or via derivate instruments such as option contracts. Our goal in this paper is to show how procurement managers, in addition to buying on the spot market in cash (physical transactions), can integrate risk management tools (paper transactions) to mitigate risk over multiple time periods. Specifically, our...

Cloud Computing technology brings a fundamental change from On-premises software to Software as a Service (SaaS) within the software industry. To stay competitive, well-established companies need to transform and adjust strategies. Based on five case studies and Christensen’s theory for managing disruptive innovations, this study focuses on software companies in the B2C market. The study analys...