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- An exploratory investigation of e-business constraints among large organizations in PortugalPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelIt is well recognized that e-business supports all parts of an organization’s value chain, and offer valuable competitive advantages to firms. It is imperative for an organization to identify potential constraints to ebusiness in order to minimize the risk derived from its e-business initiative. Hence, in this paper, we explore a range of constraints that the literature suggests influences e-business evolution, so that organizations could be better equipped in anticipating any difficulties while in progress through their e-business initiatives. Thirteen hypotheses were formulated and tested. Questionnaires were applied to investigate the research problem. It was administered to 1000 managing directors of the biggest (according to the amount of business) Portuguese enterprises. Results suggest that organizational constraints are more critical, such as, conflict with traditional trading partners, conflict with traditional business and e-business initiatives, reengineering business processes and resistance to change, among other.
- Maturidade do comércio electrónico/negócio electrónicoPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Pires, José AdrianoE-commerce has proliferated with the growth of Internet. In e-commerce a large variety of large models for selling goods online has emerged. E-business and its sub-category, e-commerce were forecast to facilitate communication between potential market participants and dissolve the geographical boundaries between markets. Maturity models for Information Systems and Information Technology appeared has more than thirty years. More recently, new maturity models have been created, better adapted to new reality of e-commerce/ebusiness. With this paper we intend to describe some models oriented to e-commerce/e-business and compare them, identifying imperfections in the models. The paper concludes, that is important identifying the barriers to the development of e-business, and as they can be contouring.
- Constrangimentos associados à evolução do negócio electrónico em PortugalPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelO Negócio Electrónico é uma realidade nesta nova economia apelidada de Economia Digital, no entanto associada a esta nova forma de fazer negócios poderão também existir constrangimentos. Este artigo pretende identificar a maturidade do negócio electrónico das grandes empresas com actividade em Portugal. É objectivo deste estudo também testar um conjunto de hipóteses relacionadas quer com a maturidade quer com os próprios constrangimentos, nomeadamente se a maturidade do negócio electrónico e os constrangimentos são iguais para os vários sectores de actividade e se dependem do número de colaboradores.
- Exploring the constraints to the evolution of electronic business: the portuguese realityPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelIt is imperative for an organization to identify potential constraints to e-business in order to minimize the risk derived from its e-business initiative. Hence, in this paper, we have used a maturity stage model (Stages Of Growth Model for e-business – SOGe) to identify the maturity stage of the biggest Portuguese enterprises and to report the findings of a study that sought to explore a range of constraints that the literature suggests influences e-business evolution, so that organizations could be better equipped in anticipating any difficulties while in progress through their e-business initiatives. Questionnaires were applied to investigate the research problem. It was administered to 1000 managing directors of the biggest (according to the amount of business) Portuguese enterprises. Results suggest that Portuguese enterprises had a positive evolution between 2005 and 2007, and that, in lower maturity stages, the constraints are more significant.
- E-Business maturity and information technologyPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelMaturity models describe the maturing of the use of information systems in organizations. They are a useful framework to describe an organization’s current position as well as a range of possible position in the future in terms of their e-business maturity. The relationship between Information Technology (IT) and e-business maturity is examined. We used a model of e-business maturity, Stages Of Growth for e-business (SOGe) model, to put an organization in a maturity stage. In our survey we presented a set of technologies and we asked to enterprises which of them are implemented, in development, planned or inexistent. We concluded that there is a strongly correlation between IT implementation and the e-business maturity.
- Electronic commerce maturity: a review of the principal modelsPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Pires, José AdrianoIt has been more than three decades since Nolan proposed his stages of growth model for information systems. Since then several studies on the stages of growth theory appeared in the academic literature. Since models oriented to the management and planning of information systems even models oriented to the development of information systems. But the object of this article is to present the most cited maturity models for the electronic commerce or electronic business and compare them. This comparison will be made using a comparative framework to evaluate electronic business stages of growth models, illustrating perspective, development, emphasis, verification, focus, source, barriers to growth and number of stages.
- Resolução dos constrangimentos associados à evolução do negócio electrónicoPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelOs avanços tecnológicos das últimas décadas, originaram um ambiente no qual as organizações são forçadas a procurar activamente novas opções para a redução de custos enquanto que, simultaneamente, procuram competir mais eficazmente nos seus mercados. Este ambiente requer organizações focadas, ágeis, mais flexíveis e competitivas, sendo as organizações levadas a efectuar mudanças muitas vezes radicais na forma como conduzem os negócios, empregam pessoas e utilizam as tecnologias. Não obstante o reconhecimento e os cuidados que nos últimos anos têm sido dedicados ao negócio electrónico, este ainda não atingiu o estádio que seria desejável. Este problema, presente e observável desde os últimos anos, exige novos esforços de investigação na procura de quais as barreiras/constrangimentos a esse desenvolvimento. No presente artigo pretende-se explorar possíveis barreiras/constrangimentos à evolução pretendida e a forma pela qual poderão ser total ou parcialmente resolvidos.
- Evolução do negócio electrónico em Portugal - as grandes empresasPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, Ramiro ManuelSendo o Negócio Electrónico uma realidade dos nossos dias, apresentamos um estudo realizado junto das 1000 maiores empresas a laborar em Portugal (segundo o volume de negócios), com o objectivo de identificar qual a evolução do Negócio Electrónico destas desde o ano de 2005 até ao ano de 2007. Foi desenvolvido um questionário no qual foi utilizado um modelo de maturidade do Negócio Electrónico (SOGe – Stages Of Growth for E-Business), modelo este utilizado em estudos similares. Apresentamos também a evolução da maturidade por determinados sectores de actividade. No entanto, esta análise é uma análise meramente descritiva dos dados, uma vez que para uma análise mais conclusiva por sector de actividade provavelmente o estudo deveria ser conduzido doutro modo.
- Constrains associated to e-business evolutionPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Pires, José Adriano; Gonçalves, ElisabeteTechnological advance of the last decades created an atmosphere in which the organizations are forced to look actively for new options for the cost reduction, in addition to, simultaneously, seeking to compete more effectively in their markets. This context requires focused, swift, more flexible and more competitive organizations which are forced, many times, to implement radical changes in the way they conduct business, employ people and use technology. Despite the recognition and the attention given to electronic business (or e-business) over the last years, this type of business hasn’t yet achieved a desirable maturity stage. This problem, current and stated over the last years, demands research efforts so that a solution can be found to solve it. In this chapter, the authors explore a range of constraints which are suggested by the literature to influence e-business evolution, so that organizations could be better equipped in anticipating any difficulties while in progress through their e-business initiatives.
- Modelos de maturidade do comércio electrónicoPublication . Morais, Elisabete Paulo; Gonçalves, Ramiro Manuel; Pires, José AdrianoO comércio electrónico tem alterado a forma de fazer negócios, contribuindo para uma melhoria da eficiência nos processos de negócio e criando um novo tipo de relacionamento entre consumidores e parceiros de negócio. Existem inúmeras definições de comércio electrónico, tal como existem muitos modelos de negócio para o comércio electrónico, e muitos mais são criados regularmente, sendo a sua quantidade limitada somente pela imaginação humana. Sendo o comércio electrónico uma actividade que tem tido uma evolução acentuada torna-se premente estudar/desenvolver modelos de maturidade adequados, de modo a que as organizações possam saber em que estádio de desenvolvimento se encontram e qual a evolução que podem ter, tal como as barreiras que poderão encontrar.