Title: Networking strategy and information system planning practices for e-business

Authors: Anjali Kaushik, Muneesh Kumar

Addresses: Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, New Delhi 110 021, India. ' Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi, 122 001, India

Abstract: The nature of Information Systems (IS) for e-business is quite different from the IS at firm level and requires a different planning approach. The existing literature indicates that the IS planning processes will depend on the networking strategy adopted such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and E-Commerce (EC). This research assimilates data on IS planning practices across 149 companies in India from the list of top 1000 companies. It then categorises the IS planning practices of these large-sized companies based on their networking strategy and attempts to give broad contours of a framework for IS planning practices for different e-business models.

Keywords: e-business; information system planning; India; networking strategy; information systems; electronic business.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMNE.2009.032834

International Journal of Management and Network Economics, 2009 Vol.1 No.4, pp.406 - 422

Published online: 25 Apr 2010 *

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