Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Prefacei -- Section I. The B2B eCommerce Environment -- 1. A Classification Scheme for B2B Exchanges and -- Implications for Interorganizational eCommerce 1 -- Paul A. Pavlou and Omar A. El Sawy -- University of Southern California, USA -- 2. B2B Applications to Support Business Transactions: -- Overview and Management Considerations22 -- Norm Archer, McMaster University, Canada -- Judith Gebauer, University of California, Berkeley, USA -- 3. Online Exchanges and Beyond: Issues and Challenges -- in Crafting Successful B2B Marketplaces51 -- John M. Gallaugher, Boston College, USA -- Suresh C. Ramanathan, Koryak, USA -- 4. Impersonal Trust in B2B Electronic Commerce: -- A Process View71 -- Paul A. Pavlou, University of Southern California, USA -- Section II. Supply Chain Management Issues in -- B2B eCommerce -- 5. From EDI to Internet Commerce in Supply Chain -- Management: The Singapore Experience 92 -- Seng Kwong Gwee, Singapore Productivity and Standards Board -- Albert Wee Kwan Tan, Institute of Systems Science, Singapore -- 6. Manufacturing Connectedness: Managerial -- Challenges and Solutions114 -- Darren Meister, Queen's University, Canada -- 7. Supply-Chain Challenges for B2B eCommerce with -- Examples from the Chemical Industry132 -- ManMohan S. Sodhi, Gandiva, USA -- 8. Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce: -- Electronic Tendering147 -- Ahmad Kayed and Robert M. Colomb -- University of Queensland, Australia -- Section III. Value Chain Networks and Research Issues -- 9. Structuration Theory: Capturingthe Complexity of -- Business-to-Business Intermediaries175 -- Paul A. Pavlou and Ann Majchrzak -- University of Southern California, USA -- 10. Agent Technologies and Business Models for -- Electronic Commerce189 -- Paul Timmers and Jorge Gas6s -- European Commission, Directorate-General -- Information Society, Belgium -- 11. The Role of eServices and Transactions for -- Integrated Value Chains207 -- Michael P. Papazoglou, Tilburg University, The Netherlands -- Aphrodite Tsalgatidou, University of Athens, Greece -- Jian Yang, Tilburg University, The Netherlands -- 12. Creating Virtual Alliances Through Value Chain Management: -- An Innovative Approach to eBusiness Strategy242 -- Janice M. Burn, Edith Cowan University, Australia -- Ray Hackney, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK -- 13. Dynamic Digital Process Integration in -- Business-to-Business Networks261 -- Merrill Warkentin, Mississippi State University, USA -- About the Authors282 -- Index290.