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Title

An e-business design and evaluation framework based on entrepreneurial, technical and operational considerations

Author(s)

Joyce, Philip;  Winch, Graham

Abstract

The development of business models for e-business has become increasing popular within both the academic and business arenas. However, it can be argued that many of the business models for e-business are static in nature and only provide a historical view. Such models are helpful in helping researchers and practitioners organise their thoughts about different e-business options, but are of limited value in providing guidance as to how to link the broad strategic concept with the detail of the required business processes in the operating e-business. This paper draws upon the emergent knowledge of e-business models together with traditional strategy theory to provide a simple integrating framework for the evaluation and assessment of business models for e-business. The framework reflects concurrent top-down and bottom-up perspectives, with an entrepreneurial view based on the identification of a market need or business opportunity triggering the search for appropriate delivery mechanisms, and a technical view which builds up from an internal review of business process and ICT resources and capabilities which could suggest new electronically-based business options. The framework points to a set of design and evaluation sequences for the development of a new business starting with either perspective.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies

Source

International journal of electronic business, Vol. 3, no. 2 (2005), pp. 198-214

Publication year

2005

Publisher

Inderscience Enterprises

Format

pp. 198-214

ISSN

1470-6067

Publisher URL

http://www.inderscience.com/

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 - 2005 Inderscience Enterprises Limited.

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