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%...

The business models in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and their effectiveness have been a major topic of research in recent years. Due to the variety of existing models, it seems difficult to find a widely accepted categorization that can be analyzed and assessed. An indepth study that provides a process-based approach to B2B e-commerce is presented and illustrated with examples from ind...

Business-to-business international Internet marketing (B2B IIM) has emerged as one of the key drivers in sustaining an organisation’s competitive advantage. However, market entry and communication via the Internet have affected the dynamics and traditional process in B2B commerce. Difficulties resulting from these new trends have been cited in the literature. Research into identifying what are ...

Recent research on distributed Internet based B2B e-commerce has focused on long running distributed transactions and the possibility that this characteristic may lead to extended record locking. New standards developed define the terms and condition necessary for businesses to interact in an electronic contract, such as a Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) and therefore do not require record lock...

Recommender systems have achieved great success in finding relevant products and services for individual customers, e.g. in B2C markets, during recent years. However, due to the diversity of enterprise clients’ requirements it is still an open question on how to successfully apply existing recommendation techniques in the B2B domain. This paper presents GreedyBoost — an accurate, efficient and ...

With the ongoing process of building business networks in today’s economy, businessto-business integration (B2B Integration) has become a strategic tool for utilizing and optimizing information exchange between business partners. Industry and academia have made remarkable progress in implementing and conceptualizing different kinds of electronic intercompany relationships in the last years. Nev...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to address these questions. Word-of-mouth (WOM) increasingly important in business-to-business (B2B) decision-making. Yet, research on topic rather limited, and often borrows from business-to-consumer (B2C) WOM literature. question remains as whether assumptions realistically occur B2B WOM. Specifically, explores the following questions: What value does have...

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 deciding whether to initiate B2B e-commerce. This investigation establishes an analytical hierarchy framework to help SMEs predicting implemen...

Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment (EIPP) can assist corporate treasurers in cash management and can be integrated with e-marketplaces and other B2B financial settlement activities. Its interactive approach to dispute resolution and robust payment options are critical if corporate financiers are to secure the advantages of B2B marketplaces and straight through processing (STP). Cash man...