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Research Topics in E-commerce
Izak Benbasat (University of British Columbia),
Gabriele Piccoli and Blake Ives (Louisiana State University)
Abstract: This document is a compilation of research
topics in e-commerce. Data were collected by survey with IS academics.
Research questions are grouped in the following categories: Strategic Issues,
Assessment/Evaluation, Organizational Transformations and Societal Issues,
Adoption Issues, Theory and Methodology, Marketing and CMR Issues, Technical
Issues, Securities and Legal Issues, Logistics and Operations, and miscellaneous.
Series Number: UBCBEBR2000-004
To obtain a copy of this paper, please contact us at ebusiness@commerce.ubc.ca.
Those on the UBC Commerce network can download a PDF
version of the paper.
Empirical Test of an EDI Adoption Model
Paul Chwelos (University of California at Irvine),
Izak Benbasat and Albert S. Dexter (University of British Columbia)
Abstract: This paper is the first test of
a parsimonious model that posits three factors as determinants
of the adoption of electronic data interchange (EDI): readiness,
perceived benefits, and external pressure. To construct the model,
we identified and organized the factors that were found to be
influential in prior EDI research. By testing all these factors
together in one model, we are able to investigate their relative
contributions to EDI adoption decisions. Senior purchasing managers,
chosen for their experience with EDI and proximity to the EDI adoption
decision, were surveyed and their responses analyzed using structural
equation modeling. All three determinants were found to be
significant predictors of intent to adopt EDI, with external
pressure and readiness being considerably more important than
perceived benefits. We show that the constructs in this model
can be categorized into three levels: technological, organizational,
and interorganizational. We hypothesize that these categories of
influence will continue to be determinants of the adoption of other
emerging forms of interorganizational systems (IOS.)
Series Number: UBCBEBR2000-003
To obtain a copy of this paper, please contact us at ebusiness@commerce.ubc.ca.
Those on the UBC Commerce network can download a PDF
version of the paper.
Working in a Dot-Com World
Nancy Langton, University
of British Columbia
Abstract: In this chapter, to appear in
S.P. Robbins and N. Langton, Organizational Behaviour,
2nd Canadian edition, (Toronto: Prentice Hall Canada), 2001,
Professor Langton identifies some of the key issues, from an employee
standpoint, to consider
in an e-commerce world, specifically organizational structure,
leadership, decision making, and motivation, and show how an
organizational behavior perspective can help understanding these
issues.
Series Number: UBCBEBR2000-002
To obtain a copy of this paper, please contact us at ebusiness@commerce.ubc.ca.
Those on the UBC Commerce network can download a PDF
version of the paper.
To "E-" Or Not To "E-"? An Analysis Of The E-Commerce Trend in
the Retail Sector From Resource Dependence And Population Ecology
Perspectives
Hakan Ozcelik, University
of British Columbia (Ph.D. student)
Abstract: The e-commerce company has been
analyzed as a distinct organizational form in terms of its higher
dependence to the external environment. By taking a prospective
stand, alternative ways of viewing this high dependency have been
examined from the resource dependence and the population ecology
perspectives. The two theories exhibit an interesting
contrast in
their assessment of the impact of vertical integration on
the future
of e-commerce companies.
Series Number: UBCBEBR2000-001
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