Sustainable e-Business Management - 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2010, SIGeBIZ track, Lima, Peru, August 12-15, 2010, Selected Papers

Preface

Table of Contents

e-Business Models and IS in Financial Markets

Dynamic Revenue Model Design in the Online Services Business: Two Cases in Japan

Introduction

A Call for a Simple and Dynamic Perspective for Business Models

Dynamic Revenue Model Design for Online Service Business

Main Revenue Models for Online Service Business

Two Cases in the Japanese Online Services Business

Yahoo! Japan: Diversifying Revenue Models

Gree: Switching Revenue Models

Concluding Remarks

References

Pricing of Content Services – An Empirical Investigation of Music as a Service

Introduction

Literature Review

Business Model and Characteristics of Music as a Service

Research Framework: Determinants of Customer Value

Research Methodology and Analysis

Adaptive Conjoint Analysis

Deriving Willingness to Pay from Conjoint Data

Data Collection and Analysis

Results

Sample Description

Part Worth Utilities of the Attribute Levels and Importance of the Attributes

Willingness to Pay for Changing Attributes Levels

Discussion and Implications

Limitations and Future Research

References

Informational Determinants of Customer Acquisition and eTailer Revenue

Introduction

Model

Data

Results

Discussion

Limitations and Conclusions

References

Adoption of a Centralised Post-Trade Processing Market Infrastructure after the Credit Crisis

Introduction

Theory and Model Development

Conceptualization of the Innovation Attributes

Conceptualization of Context Variables

Adoption Construct

Research Method

Data Collection and Analysis

Measurement Model Evaluation

Structural Model Evaluation

Discussion of Research Findings and Implications

References

The Impact of Information Technology on European Post-Trading

Introduction and Objective of the Study

Previous Research

The European Post-Trading Industry

Network and Scale Effects in Clearing and Settlement

Regulation and Market Initiatives in European Post-Trading

Impact of the Financial Crisis on European Post-Trading

Study Setup

The Delphi Methodology

Setup of the Delphi Study on European Post-Trading

Results: Most Important IT/IS Issues the Post-Trading System Needs to Cope with

Conclusion and Outlook

References

e-Commerce Use and Design

Privately Waiting – A Usability Analysis of the Tor Anonymity Network

Introduction

Usability of Security

Latency as Usability Factor

Experiment

Core Latency

DNS Request as a Part of the HTTP Request

Average Latency

Cancelation Rate for Average and Core Latency

Related Work

Discussion and Future Work

Conclusion

References

E-Commerce Readiness in Ethiopia: A Macro-Level Assessment

Introduction

Rationale of the Study

Objective of the Study

General Objective

Specific Objectives

Literature Review

E-Commerce, E-Readiness, and E-Commerce Readiness

Models to Measure E-Commerce Readiness

Scope of the Study

Methodology

Variables/Indicators

Target Data Sources

Instrument

Data Collection Procedures

Data Entry and Analysis

Expected Benefits of the Study

References

Corporate Blogging Today – Usage and Characteristics

Introduction

Related Work

Classification of Corporate Blogs

Advantages

Disadvantages

Delineation

Research Method

Selection and Definition of Variables

Empirical Findings

Analysis of Variables

Correlation Analysis

Conclusion

Limitations and Future Research

References

Agent-Based Simulation for Evaluation of a Mobile Emergency Management System

Introduction

Methodology

Related Work

A Mobile Emergency Management System

Proposed System Design

Example Scenarios

Artifact Implementation

Evaluation of System Effectiveness Using Simulation of Passenger Egress

Evaluation Approach

Empirical Basis for Simulation

Calibration of Simulation Model to Scenario

Initial Simulation Results

Next Steps

Conclusion

References

Using Ontologies in an E-Commerce Environment: Helpor Hype?

Introduction

Related Work

Ontologies in E-Commerce

Research Method

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Empirical Findings

Managerial Implications for Deploying and Modeling Ontology-Based Systems in Online Shops

Limitations

Conclusion

References

e-Business Research Issues and Methods

B2B Electronic Marketplaces in Supply Chain Management: Analyzing Recent Research Activities

Introduction

B2B Electronic Marketplaces

Research Methodology

Analyzing Recent Research Activities

Year of Publication vs. Type of Publication Outlet

Region of Authors’ Organization vs. Type of Publication Outlet

Year of Publication vs. Region of Authors’ Organization

Focus of Analyzed Articles

Focus of Article vs. Region of Authors’ Organization

Focus of Article vs. Year of Publication

Research Methodologies

Region of Authors’ Organization vs. Research Methodology

Focus of Article vs. Research Methodology

Limitations

Conclusion and Future Work

References

Appendix

Proximal Business Intelligence on the Semantic Web

Introduction

Background

Business Data Meets Ubiquitous Architecture

Scale of Proximity – Starting with RFID Technologies

Semantic Web Tools

Research Approach

Research Artefacts

Proximity Based BI Architecture

Ontology Topology

Performance Analysis

UBIS ONTO Framework

Recommendations for Engineering

Conclusion

References

Disintermediation in the Tourism Industry:Theory vs. Practice

Introduction

Tourism Stakeholders and Supply Chain

Disintermediation in Literature

Disintermediation in the Context of Thai Tourism SMES

Conclusion and Future Research

References

Author Index