Journal of Enterprise Information Management: Volume 17 Issue 5

Developing Web services using the Microsoft.Net platform: technical and business challenges

Wendy L. Currie, Xinkun Wang, Vishanth Weerakkody

This paper discusses an ongoing research programme, which explores the development of the software‐as‐a‐service business model by different service providers (xSPs). With the…

Exploring the role of third parties in inter‐organizational Web service adoption

E.M. Daniel, A. White, J.M. Ward

Web services promise the ability to reduce the time and cost involved in developing, supporting and integrating the internal information systems within a single organization. They…

A readiness model for adopting Web services

Chenhui Wu

Swanson's tri‐core model and typology of IS innovation is used to analyze Web services as IS innovation. Reconciling theoretical and practical perspectives, we develop a…

Web service business transformation: collaborative commerce opportunities in SMEs

Richard Vidgen, Diane Francis, Philip Powell, Maria Woerndl

Web‐based technologies are becoming an important way for small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) to acquire information systems capabilities to support business transformation…

The impact of collaborative commerce and trust in Web services

Pauline Ratnasingam

The Internet has accelerated the adoption of collaborative commerce among businesses to form Web services. Web services refer to modular Internet‐based business functions that…

Developing an e‐commerce solution: a case study of TimeXtra

Aishah Sabki, Pervaiz K. Ahmed, Glenn Hardaker

The paper focused on the design and development of the TimeXtra e‐commerce solution including: front end interaction, mid‐end integration and back‐end support infrastructure. Our…