There are some generally agreed-upon advantages for enterprises and public administration in using e-procurement systems. Statistics about business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce show widespread adoption and new industries increasingly joining the e-procurement arena. But this trend is not generalized. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are marginal in this trend because they perceive e-procurement more as a threat for their margins than as an opportunity for savings. As a subproject of BIT Italian experience, in joint collaboration with Insubria University (Varese), analyzing the procurement activity of a sample of enterprises in the highly industrialized area of Varese (Italy), the authors draw some conclusions about structural factors influencing the adoption of e-procurement by SMEs and the potential that e-procurement has

Why e-procurement does not work in small and medium enterprises (smes): some insights from an Italian case

BIFFI, ALFREDO;SACCO, FRANCESCO
2009

Abstract

There are some generally agreed-upon advantages for enterprises and public administration in using e-procurement systems. Statistics about business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce show widespread adoption and new industries increasingly joining the e-procurement arena. But this trend is not generalized. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are marginal in this trend because they perceive e-procurement more as a threat for their margins than as an opportunity for savings. As a subproject of BIT Italian experience, in joint collaboration with Insubria University (Varese), analyzing the procurement activity of a sample of enterprises in the highly industrialized area of Varese (Italy), the authors draw some conclusions about structural factors influencing the adoption of e-procurement by SMEs and the potential that e-procurement has
2009
9789812839459
9789814468534
U. Karmarkar, V. Mangal
The UCLA Anderson business and information technologies (BIT) project: a global study of business practice
Biffi, Alfredo; Sacco, Francesco
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