B2B E-commerce : value chain transformation, enablers and barriers, technology, privacy and security

The Internet is changing the way we do business. Today's conventional wisdom says that in order to survive in the new economy era, companies must transform from and align their old business practices, processes and culture to suit the new business requirements. This thesis examines the dynamics of channel shift from traditional supply chain to on-line e-commerce, in particular the enablers and barriers, as well as the value transformation due to the channel shift. The scope of this thesis is limited to B2B E-commerce. This paper took global perspectives to analyze value transformation, enablers and barriers, technology, privacy and security due to channel shift from traditional channel to e-commerce.

Department dc:contributor.department

Management of Technology Program.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Authors dc:creator

• Farid, Muhammad, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Hanantasena, Bayu, 1969-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Gabriel R. Bitran.

• Management of Technology Program.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8887

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/8887