Title: Research on e-business value creation: an integration of e-business process view and task technology fit

Authors: Yong Cai; Jing Zhao; Maomao Chi

Addresses: Centre for International Cooperation in E-business, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. ' Centre for International Cooperation in E-business, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China. ' Centre for International Cooperation in E-business, School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

Abstract: The factors influencing the creation of e-business value are of major concern to researchers. The research in this paper, based on e-business process view and task technology fit, proposed a model from e-business capability requirement and IT system integration to process capability and then process performance. Through a survey of data from 175 manufacturing enterprises, we verified a series of hypothesis in the model by using partial least square (PLS), the results revealed that e-business capability requirement and system integration positively affect process capability which then transforms to process performance, and we also investigated the mediating effect of IT system integration and process capability, thus, exploring the creation process of e-business.

Keywords: process view; e-business value; value creation; electronic business; task technology fit; process performance; capability requirements; IT integration; information technology; manufacturing industry; partial least squares; PLS; information integration; technology integration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2012.048908

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2012 Vol.11 No.3/4, pp.249 - 259

Published online: 21 Nov 2014 *

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