A representative market study was carried out to determine the penetration of electronic business in Swiss companies. A random sample was used in which companies were classified by industry and size, thus allowing a systematic extrapolation. We illustrate the importance of information technology for the electronic business by the numbers of computers in use and the corresponding expenditure on ...

Information systems open up a broad range of possibilities for new forms of organization and electronic business on a global scale. Traditional organizational boundaries are dissolving and new organizational forms are emerging. Business “any time & any place” often seems to be the logical consequence. The gradual dissolution of temporal and spatial constraints in business processes, however, pa...

For nearly a decade the potential benefits of Business-to-Business electronic commerce for business efficiency and competitiveness have been vigorously promoted by business, industry groups and governments. The belief underpinning policy is that from a small initial step, eCommerce will become a central part of their business strategies. This paper considers the use of B-2-B electronic transact...

Information systems open up a broad range of possibilities for new forms of organization and electronic business on a global scale. Traditional organizational boundaries are dissolving and new organizational forms are emerging. Business “any time & any place” often seems to be the logical consequence. The gradual dissolution of temporal and spatial constraints in business processes, however, pa...

The rapid technological changes taking place is impacting business practice across all business sectors. E-commerce has become the norm and business models have slowly evolved to take account of the electronic business world. The electronic infrastructure and channels of e-commerce are particularly suited to information based goods and services, after these services are just pushing electronic ...

Business-to-business electronic commerce (B2B EC) opens up new possibilities of trade. For example, new business partners from around the globe can be found, their offers can be compared, even complex negotiations can be conducted electronically, and a contract can be drawn up and fulfilled via an electronic marketplace. However, a sophisticated data management is required to provide such facti...