The Systematization of Disturbances Act upon E-commerce Systems

There are many processes on Internet, on web servers, in ERP and company running an e-commerce system which can be influenced by disturbances. In order to minimize their impact it is necessary to identify and collect all disturbances, to determine their evaluation metric and to propose necessary remedies. Modifications proposed should be tested by means of modeling taking internal and external environment needs into consideration. Necessary information can be captured using the e-commerce system components monitoring. Particular system environment properties like company structure, system architecture, hardware, software, methods of connection with the supplier´s e-commerce system, customer communication interface are to be taken into account. Important social indicators like legislative and economic development, development of the global information society and others should also be considered. Disturbance and failure models can be designed using various methods like e.g. multi-agents modeling, simulations, fuzzy methods modeling etc. Generic ecommerce system model using control circuit as a fundamental notion can be used as a base for modeling.e-commerce system, disturbances, categorization of disturbances, modeling of disturbances, agent, simulation of disturbances

Computing server power modeling in a data center: survey,taxonomy and performance evaluation

Data centers are large scale, energy-hungry infrastructure serving the increasing computational demands as the world is becoming more connected in smart cities. The emergence of advanced technologies such as cloud-based services, internet of things (IoT) and big data analytics has augmented the growth of global data centers, leading to high energy consumption. This upsurge in energy consumption of the data centers not only incurs the issue of surging high cost (operational and maintenance) but also has an adverse effect on the environment. Dynamic power management in a data center environment requires the cognizance of the correlation between the system and hardware level performance counters and the power consumption. Power consumption modeling exhibits this correlation and is crucial in designing energy-efficient optimization strategies based on resource utilization. Several works in power modeling are proposed and used in the literature. However, these power models have been evaluated using different benchmarking applications, power measurement techniques and error calculation formula on different machines. In this work, we present a taxonomy and evaluation of 24 software-based power models using a unified environment, benchmarking applications, power measurement technique and error formula, with the aim of achieving an objective comparison. We use different servers architectures to assess the impact of heterogeneity on the models' comparison. The performance analysis of these models is elaborated in the paper

The internet as an alternative path to internationalization?

Purpose: While the internet enjoys increasing interest regarding its potential to extend the global reach of firms, especially small and medium‐sized firms (SMEs), little work has been done on the viability of the internet as a new and effective path to internationalization. Specifically, it is unclear how the internet can successfully support export marketing. The purpose of this paper is to examine the drivers and performance outcomes of two patterns of internet use supporting export marketing: the internet as an alternative to a physical presence and the internet as a sales channel. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 115UK‐based SMEs involved in “active online internationalization”. Relationships are examined in a “soft‐modeling” partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Findings: The findings suggest that online channel support positively enhances export performance for SMEs. Yet, the use of the internet as an alternative to a physical market presence does not lead to higher export performance. Specifically, born‐global firms that are relying too much on the internet are prone to fall into the “virtuality trap”. Entrepreneurial firms that use the internet as a sales channel can improve their overall performance, however. Research limitations/implications: This paper provides some empirical evidence of the existence of the notion of the “virtuality trap”. The paper also shows that the internet can serve a valuable complementary role. Traditional exporters are likely to use the internet as a complement to, and thus to support, existing physical operations. Practical implications: Managers should focus on relationship building and on‐site learning, instead of putting too much emphasis on the internet as a substitute for a physical market presence. Originality/value: The authors develop a framework and explore previously untested relationships that suggest the internet may play a complementary role in firm internationalization

E-Business and Entrepreneurial Cooperation--A New Customer-Oriented E-Business Modeling Approach Validated in the Case of a Collaboration Network in the German Manufacturing Industry

Nowadays, the Internet and web-based E-Business solutions play a crucial enabling role for the design and implementation of new Business Models. This implies high chances, but also remarkable risks for enterprises that have to face choice and adoption of a Business Model. As a matter of fact, the development and implementation of a strategically not appropriate Business Model would crucially undermine the long-term success of a company in the global market arena. Therefore the clear need for action in the field of methodical Business Modeling. Our contribution presents a new approach for a customeroriented (E-)Business Modeling [7], with a specific attention on entrepreneurial cooperation. The approach had been validated for a collaboration network in the German manufacturing industry

The effect of value creation and reputation on the intangible success of born global new internet ventures / Shamsul Baharin Saihani

Many researchers, academics and practitioners were captured by surprise when a growing number of new internet ventures in the early twenty-first century successfully internationalizing their businesses. Undoubtedly, these new internet ventures and which is also sometimes called as born global signify an entirely novel type of firms by disregarding the established views of firm internationalization and creating a paradigm shift to the international business landscapes. This study looks into the significance of value creation business-to-consumer model in e-commerce and together with corporate reputation constructs in influencing the intangible success of born global new internet ventures from the business owners or managers’ perspectives. In addition, this study would help to explain the moderating effect of environmental dynamism. The outcomes of this study are able to assist other new internet ventures particularly among micro and small size companies, financial and academic institutions, as well as policy makers in devising successful internationalization strategies for new internet ventures. Understanding the outcomes of this study is also crucial to the future business owners or managers so that they can avoid costly mistakes to successfully internationalize via export. Using resource-based view (RBV) and international performance model i.e. export performance, a framework was deduced. The study draws on a study of exploratory nature using quantitative method. Non-probability sampling using purposive method was used. The questionnaire was distributed to 600 micro companies conducting e-commerce in Malaysia identified from Lelong directory, SME Bank online directory and Persatuan Usahawan Internet Malaysia directory. Using a final sample size of 184, thus yielding 33.8% return rate was used in the study. This study used Partial Least Square-Structured Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis. The findings indicate five out of the twelve constructs are positively significant to the intangible success of born global new internet ventures such as value creation of efficiency, capability reputation, responsibility reputation, and including two moderating relationships on environmental dynamism (e.g. value creation of efficiency and responsibility reputation)