范慧貞

EBusiness is viewed as one of the most promising strategies for industries and governments to meet global competition in the era of “Networked Knowledge Economy”. The implementation of eBusiness involves technologies of management, engineering and information, and is highly dependent on the characteristics of the implementation domain and the business processes of target enterprise. Due to the increasing agility and complexity of enterprises, as well as the rapid change of electronic and information technologies, the implementation of eBusiness itself becomes one of the most difficult challenges. To meet the challenge, in this research a concept of “implementing eBusiness using eBusiness approach” is proposed for eBusiness implementation. That is to integrate information, knowledge, resources and value-added activities for eBusiness implementation through enterprise alliance of eBusiness venders and the integration of electronic based eBusiness supply chain. The concept can be realized and the goals of eBusiness can be achieved through development of an eBusiness common platform that can coordinate the eBusiness implementation activities and integrate the resources, information, and knowledge to quickly respond to customer requirements. The eBusiness common platform includes functions for information, knowledge, and resource sharing, the mechanisms for vertical and horizontal integration of eBusiness implementation activities, and the functions for implementation project management. The common platform will help the venders to promote (1) the capability for eBusiness implementation, (2) the enabling technology for eBusiness environment development, and (3) the capability for integration of eBusiness supply chain. It will consequently facilitate the effectiveness of eBusiness implementation and thus help both the eBusiness venders and industries to increase competitiveness.