This paper reviews a number of theoretical issues dealing with the strategic management process in fast‐evolving, uncertain environments and examines the fit between theory and practice by means of two case studies, two successful dot.com incumbents from the first generation of Internet...

Purpose – Rating, as a common way of evaluation, is a significant exercise and plays a major role in managerial decision-making in general and in particular online purchasing. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This study utilizes the theory of social...

Internet‐centred business models have proved to be an effective means of conducting business‐to‐business (B2B) commerce in many industry sectors. As an interactive and instantaneous medium, the Internet provides firms with a new platform – commonly referred to as electronic marketplaces...

Examines whether business really is undergoing a revolution or just the latest in a series of incremental changes with the universal and seemingly exponential spread of Internet technology. While it is tempting to regard the Internet as a unique challenge through its dual role as a driver of...

It has been an increasing trend for companies to migrate their businesses onto or publicize themselves on the Internet. Business process reengineering (BPR) is applied to migrate the business processes of the supply chain onto the Web. Such migration may cause some of the processes merged...

Current organizational practice worldwide has responded to the demands of an increasingly competitive global market. Market or customer priorities derive from a focus on value, combining quality and cost integration according to the perception of the customer. The organizational improvement...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the link between the determinants of perceived strategic value (PSV) of e‐commerce and e‐commerce adoption among Ghanaian small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), defined as businesses that employ a maximum of 200 employees....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that e‐procurement provides manufacturing firms with new and efficient solutions to drive significant value into their business, yet generally the use of internet technologies to accommodate e‐procurement systems remains in a formative stage....

Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationships between contingency factors and the effectiveness of the implementation of core e‐business strategies and to explore the influences on the implementation process quality for e‐business strategy. Design/methodology/approach – To...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of partnership (i.e. partner's trust and commitment) on electronic commerce strategic planning (ECSP), and the strategic benefits of expanding partnership. Beyond this research objective, this paper attempts to draw conclusions on...