This paper presents a multicriteria analysis approach for evaluating and selecting e-markets in conducting organizational business-to-business e-business. The multi-dimensional nature of the evaluation and selection process for choosing the most appropriate e-market in developing organizational...

Previous research on the factors that influence a business's participation in third party e-markets identified a set of motivational and ability related factors. This paper explores further the question of the determinants of third party e-market participation using a multiple case study...

Data centre energy consumption is expected to increase organisational costs and CO2 emissions. Greening data centres can decrease these negative impacts. As a result, examining the antecedents to approaches for greening data centres in order to facilitate their widespread adoption is critical....

Over the last decade, an increasing number of businesses are undertaking initiatives to reduce theirenvironmental footprint and improve their 'green' credentials. As information technology (IT) has permeatedmost, if not all, business processes and supply chains, it offers an important means to...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are diffusing globally. There is however little research on ERP reflecting the experiences of developing countries' in general and on the relationship between ERP and competitive advantage in particular. This paper addresses the issues of competitive...

Businesses are under increasing pressure from customers, competitors, regulators and community groups to implement sustainable business practices. Balancing economic and environmental performance to be green and competitive is therefore a key strategic issue. The information technology (IT)...

The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries move from informal to formal information systems (IS). Formalisation of IS for SMEs implies greater use of sources and channels of formal information and upgrading of internal...

The aim of this paper is to understand the extent of e-business utilisation in the horticulture supply chain, an area where there is little research coverage. To achieve this, we assess the current and planned adoption of e-business technologies and functions. Data were collected through a...

Abstract: Previous research on the factors that influence a business's participation in third-party e-markets identified a set of motivational and ability related factors. This paper explores further the question of the determinants of third-party e-market participation using a multiple case...

The intensity of market competition, the ever increasing demand for shortening time to market and the pressure of first mover advantage are forcing businesses to develop non-imitable sources of value creation. Information technology (IT) plays a key role as a necessary, but not sufficient,...