Trading Partner Trust in Electronic Commerce Participation

The growth of business-to-business e-commerce has highlighted the role of computer and communications technologies as well as inter-organizational trust in developing and maintaining business-to-business relationships. Despite the acknowledged importance of trust, only a limited amount of research exists and that examines the role of trust in these relationships. By investigating inter-organizational relationships andtrust in e-commerce, this study will enable us to identify factors leading to successful e-commerce participation (adoption and integration). Drawing on theories such as trust in business relationships, inter-organizational relationship theories, transaction cost economics, and resource dependency theory, this paper develops a conceptual model to examine the impact of trading partner trust in e-commerce participation. The model is currently being tested through multiple in-depth case studies. The findings of the case studies are expected to increase the awareness of e-commerce adopters and implementers about the importance of trading partner trust in e-commerce participation

Threats –Solutions in Cloud security

Distributed computing frameworks speak to a standout amongst the most complex processing frameworks as of now in presence. Current uses of Cloud include broad utilization of disseminated frameworks with shifting level of network and use. With a late concentrate on huge scale expansion of Cloud processing, personality administration in Cloud based frameworks is a basic issue for the maintainability of any Cloud-based administration. This zone has additionally gotten extensive consideration from the exploration group and also the IT business. Diverse calculations and methodology are utilized by the specialists. Still distributed computing security is in its center stage. A few IT organizations are concentrating on cloud security and cloud information security. This paper gives a thought regarding security dangers and arrangements

Managing Coordination Costs of Interorganizational Relationships: An Analysis of Determinants

This paper presents a framework of the determinants analysis of the control of interorganizational relationships (IOR). While drawing on transaction cost analysis and resource-dependency theory, the authors analyze the effects of asset specificity, environmental uncertainty, level of dependence and trust on coordination costs of IOR. The explanatory power of the framework is assessed by a case study of buyer-supplier relationships from manufacturing industry in China. The findings from the case study suggest asset specificity, environmental uncertainty, and trust are the main determinants influencing coordination costs of buyer in IOR

The Management of E-Commerce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Research

E-commerce is the technology of recognizing commercial dealings via electronic channel. The Internet has offered this channel to the point that trade is being more and more prepared through it. This article observes topics such as the circumstances, acknowledgements etc.  of e-commerce  in Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, a comprehensive literature review was conducted about numerous characteristics of e-commerce. The results of the study might shed light to the contemporary e-commerce development topics in Saudi Arabia, which could be constructive for the industry as well as for the academia. Keywords: E-commerce, Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030, Online market. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-6-13 Publication date: February 29th 202

A Modl for Assessing Performance in Electronic Marketplaces

Theories of inter-organisational co-ordination propose that information processing capabilities (structure, process and technology) must be aligned with information processing needs (environmental, partnership and task uncertainty) and the fit between both is a strong determinant of performance. Electronic marketplaces dominate new developments in electronic commerce. While traditional models predominantly deal with one-to-one relationships, electronic marketplaces are mainly characterized as being one-to-many and many-to-many in nature. Such developments have meant performance is based on more than just the fit between information processing needs and information processing capabilities. Consequently measuring performance has become much more difficult. From utilising current research the authors develop a theoretical model examining issues such as trust, investment and ownership.The paper details the development of the model and proposes a research strategy for testing it

Examining the Effects of Trust-Promoting IT-Features on User Participation: A Content Analysis of Online Communities

Even though online communities enjoy a growing number of members, their success and popularity are regularly diminished by infringements of user trust. Consequently, community operators implement IT-based trust-promoting features to regain user trust. Not knowing if their efforts are effective, for community operators the question remains: how do trust-promoting IT-features contribute to user participation? In this paper, we present a content-analysis-based study that investigates the effect of trust-promoting IT-features. IT-features fall into four categories: usability, transparency, quality-assured content (QAC) and security/ privacy. The results show that usability, QAC, and security/ privacy strongly affect user participation. However, their implementation in online communities leaves a great deal of room for improvement. This work contributes to an understanding of trust-promoting IT-features and sheds some light on their efficiency. The findings have important implications for community operators, as we recommend that they invest in implementing usability, QAC, and security/ privacy IT-features to regain their users’ trust and increase user participation

Trust for E-Business Management

How do we develop and sustain trust? What is the process for building trust between business partners in virtual environments? Is there a significant difference between the development and sustainability of trust online or offline? In this paper, we first introduce the concept of e-business and discuss the importance of trust for ensuring effective collaboration. Secondly, we discuss the relationships between e-collaboration and trust for managing e-business. Thirdly, we suggest a framework, which may help facilitate the development and sustainability of trust in an online environment. Finally, implications for the development and sustainability of trust online, which can be used to understand the interplay among technologies, e-business and collaboration is provided. We suggest that the implications of this study are three-fold: trustworthy relationships among business partners, effective sustainable collaboration, and optimal use of ICT for supporting e-business activities