2002•Unpublished venueRequires access
The Transforming Power of Business-to-Business Electronic Business
Christoph Wenna
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Abstract
At the beginning of the 21 century Internet-based B2B e-Business is the ultimate driving force and transforming power in traditional business the Old-Economy and its continuous evolution toward a truly networked and globalized economic system. This paper develops a holistic definition and classification of e-Business in general and B2B e-Business in particular. It provides concepts to describe and categorise the development of B2B e-Business, the emerging opportunities of B2B e-Business, and how B2B e-Business shapes and transforms the goals, strategies, structures and processes of a traditional firm in the Old-Economy. The paper concludes with a discussion of selected strategic issues of B2B e-Business. The goal is to show that B2B e-Business means the advent of the next generation of business, just as the industrialisation did 200 years ago. © 2002, NEXT GENERATION BUSINESS : : Publishing & Networking [NextGenerationBusiness.net] 3 Christoph Wenna The Transforming Power of Business-to-Business Electronic Business