The need for collaboration within value chains is rapidly increasing and drives enterprise to align and electronically integrate their business processes with their business partners. As technologies evolve, manifold forms of B2B integration have emerged – from e-mail communication to customer or supplier portals, the exchange of EDIFACTto XML documents, and Web Services. Although serviceorient...

Firms are increasingly using the Web to conduct inter-organizational business transactions. This type of effort, popularly known as “business-to-business” (B2B) electronic commerce (e-commerce) has caught the attention of researchers and practitioners. Although there is a widespread adoption of B2B applications, there is very little empirical research that has attempted to investigate this phen...

Web-enabled business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce enhances interorganizational coordination, resulting in transaction cost savings and competitive sourcing opportunities for the buyer organization. However, organizations are uncertain whether this is an improvement over existing information technology, such as EDI. In particular, what is the value of B2B e-commerce to a buyer organization, and ...

Abstract A study was conducted examining the impact of feeding BioPlus 2B to PRRSV naïve sows during gestation and lactation on litter performance post-weaning when challenged with in vaccinated unvaccinated pigs. total 108 were allotted by parity received a control diet (C) or (B2B) supplemented beginning minimum 31 d prior farrowing through weaning. Pig weight measured at birth 17 age. At wea...

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 ...

E lectronic commerce lets people purchase goods and exchange information on business transactions online. The most popular e-commerce channel is the Internet. Although the Internet's role as a business channel is a fairly recent phenomenon, its impact, financial and otherwise, has been substantially greater than that of other business channels in existence for several decades. E-commerce gives ...

In today’s global environment, where millions of business transactions are completed every single day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, B2B interactions are forced to transcend common collaboration strategies. Businesses are becoming aware of the fact that B2B enterprise interoperability technologies represent the wave of the future. The new direction for business communication overcoming present...

E-commerce has substantially affected the business world in the recent, and its importance is expected to continue increasing in future. Since implementing B2B e-commerce in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a long-term commitment and such enterprises are more limited in terms of resources than large enterprises, the predicted value of successful implementation is extremely useful in decid...

Though B2B-marketplaces are still in the early phase of their existing, they had been subject of various adjustments. We can even identify several evolution steps in their development during the past few years. One of the most important developments is the integration of logistic services and the focus on the achievement of new business value through combined strategies involving e-business and...

The application of Internet technologies for the conduct of interfirm business transactions has given rise to a boom in business-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce. Yet, although there are many success stories that have been reported over the past several years, the progress of B2B e-commerce has been hindered by unanticipated technical, organizational, economic and legal challenges that dim...