Impact of organizational characteristics and information technology maturity on internet business application: A Taiwan survey

Bertram Tan, Chinho Lin, Su Chao Chang, In Chang, Kun Shou Shih

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摘要

The Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) have provided unprecedented opportunities and challenges for conducting business online today. The growing trend of the Internet in Asia will cause companies to go on online quickly and the Internet will reinforce a speedy recovery and drive the globalization of the region. The spread of the Internet with decrease in cost should remove hidden barriers to free commerce and boost the economy in Asia. A cross-sectional survey of the manufacturing industry in Taiwan was conducted. On the basis of concerning value chain, organization and information management, this study examines the impact of organizational characteristics and information technology (IT) maturity on the Internet business application, and on the benefit of improving competitive advantages. It is found that firm type, organizational characteristics and IT maturity influence firms' Internet application in the value chain. Organizational characteristics and IT maturity influence the Internet business application, and the firms' improvement in competitive advantage varies. Overall, the firms with innovation-oriented or high level of IT maturity in Taiwan have higher implementation rate of the Internet and more widespread of application in the value chain. Hence, these firms are usually able to further integrate different value creation activities in the value chain to gain more competitive advantages.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)41-66
頁數26
期刊Journal of Asia-Pacific Business
4
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2002 1月 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 商業與國際管理
  • 一般商業,管理和會計

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