Recently, new standards for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce transactions, to reduce extended record locking, relaxed standard database transaction properties. In this paper, we provide a parallel methodology employing a mobile/intelligent agent framework to alleviate extended record locking, while adhering to standard database transaction properties. Our methodology provides a minimum 30%...

It is sometimes assumed that the Internet provides a sufficient basis for conducting business electronically. Early forms of electronic commerce, which essentially consisted of a web page on which products were described and orders could be placed, may have reinforced such a belief. However, even in the online retailing area it is now clear that conducting electronic business requires a sophist...

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is fueling a revolution in the health care industry. The potential for significant reductions in the administrative costs of paying medical claims has everyone from the Health Insurance Association of America, both Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and even the President of the...

In this paper, a new Electronic Activity Interchange EAI approach is proposed to support inter-business cooperation. This idea is based on using tele-activities, being pre-programmed piece of software that may be moved to certain locations and executed there. In contrast to traditional approaches, e.g., Electronic Data Interchange EDI, we consider both program and data flow rather than the info...

Objective of this paper is to elaborate the impact of the administrative and regulatory framework and the measures within the TEDIS program (Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems) on the diffusion of EDI. The diffusion of highly standardized EDI solutions, based on EDIFACT and OSI standards, faces two major obstacles: Firstly, companies hesitate to invest in the development of public goods,...

Computer Aided Education (CAE) is one of the most important methods of modern educational technology. The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) have provided a wider context for this field, which has already attracted a lot of attention. In the early 1990s, the Constructivist Theory of Education and Collaborative Learning were introduced, which emphasize student-centered instruction. This paper...

Traditional standards for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), such as EDIFACT and ANSI X12, have been employed in Business-toBusiness (B2B) e-commerce for decades. Due to their wide industry coverage and long-standing establishment, they will presumably continue to play an important role for some time. EDI systems are typically not “process-aware”, i.e., messages are standardized but processes s...

Alignment of organisational strategy with Information Systems Strategy (ISS) has become critical as adoption of Information Systems (IS ) over the last 50 years has escalated. IS capabilities have evolved from central, internally controlled and strictly restricted data processing and automation architectures, to less structured, globally distributed and largely unregulated, Internet-linked IS. ...

Introduction In most firms, a significant effort is spent communicating with other firms. The information exchange pertains to such matters as requests for quote, bids, purchase orders, order confirmations, shipping documents, invoices, and payment information. A recent survey showed that almost 80% of the documents transacted between firms use paper as the medium to carry the information. Elec...