A Firm Level Framework for Electronic Commerce: An Information Systems Perspective

Many firms do not have their business plans and information systems plans in place for embarking on electronic commerce. A firm level framework for electronic commerce will help firms to plan and align their ECIS (Electronic Commerce Information Systems) to business and information systems strategies. This paper develops such a framework. The four components of the framework are information architecture, business processes, choice of technology applications, and customer focus. A brief discussion on the significance of these components to electronic commerce is include

Web-Based Training: A case study on the development of an Intranet based training course

Multimedia and hypermedia applications have been successfully used for user training. This paper addresses the question whether the World Wide Web can be used to deliver web-based training of similar quality compared to traditional hypermedia learning systems. The development of a web-based training course for a major company is described, and the lessons learned from that project are discussed

Maximum Azimuthal Anisotropy of Neutrons from Nb-Nb Collisions at 400 AMeV and the Nuclear Equation of State

We measured the first azimuthal distributions of triple--differential cross sections of neutrons emitted in heavy-ion collisions, and compared their maximum azimuthal anisotropy ratios with Boltzmann--Uehling--Uhlenbeck (BUU) calculations with a momentum-dependent interaction. The BUU calculations agree with the triple- and double-differential cross sections for positive rapidity neutrons emitted at polar angles from 7 to 27 degrees; however, the maximum azimuthal anisotropy ratio for these free neutrons is insensitive to the size of the nuclear incompressibility modulus K characterizing the nuclear matter equation of state.Comment: Typeset using ReVTeX, with 3 ps figs., uuencoded and appende

An Analysis of Electronic Auctions as a Mechanism for Supply Chain Management

The proliferation of electronic commerce venues on the Web has dramatically expanded the reach of businesses. It is now much easier for a firm to deal directly not only with its customers, but with its entire supply chain. During the past several years, business-to-business transactions have become simpler, faster, and more accurate since the advent of electronic data interchange (EDI) and the explosive growth of information technology. The Internet is introducing yet another way for businesses to electronically conduct transactions in ways that are even more farreaching. Although this has led to some disintermediation at the brick-and-mortar level, new cybermediaries are being created to facilitate and validate the new business relationships. Internet auctions are being touted as one solution for at least some aspects of supply chain management. Attention so far has been primarily focused on the application of the technology. Although the technology facilitates the transactions and interactions of participants by increasing connectivity, other issues are also important in applying electronic auctions to supply chain management. The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore interdisciplinary issues potentially affecting the outcome of electronic business-to-business auctions in order to increase the awareness of Information Systems managers and auction participants so that effective implementation strategies can be developed