The impacts of establishing enterprise information portals on e‐business performance
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the relationship between organizational characteristics and enterprise information portal (EIP) adoption, and the relationship between EIP implementation and e‐business performance.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses questionnaire survey method to collect data for statistical analysis.
Findings
The result of analysis shows that: between organizations that have and those that have not adopted EIP, significant differences exist in the maturity and familiarity of information technologies, and firm size; the implementation of EIP in terms of application degree, implementation type, integration ability, and users of EIP, will significantly influence e‐business performance; the relationship between the application degree of EIP and e‐business performance will be enhanced by higher e‐business implementation; the relationship between the implementation type of EIP and e‐business performance will be intervened by higher e‐business implementation.
Practical implications
Corporations may create great business value by establishing EIP project.
Originality/value
This paper provides a model to understand the relationship between EIP implementation and e‐business performance and helps corporations evaluate EIP project.
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Citation
Yang, S., Yang, M. and Ben Wu, J. (2005), "The impacts of establishing enterprise information portals on e‐business performance", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 105 No. 3, pp. 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570510590156
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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