The Status of B2B E-Commerce in the South African Manufacturing Sector: Evolutionary or Revolutionary?
| dc.citation.doi | https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19827 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moodley, Sagren | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-28T20:36:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-28T20:36:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002-12-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | While B2B e-commerce represents a major technological innovation and marks a significant development in organisational interconnectivity (i.e., the ability to network both internally and externally), it is premature to categorise e-commerce in the South African manufacturing sector as ‘revolutionary’. A technological revolution implies a historic transformation bringing about profound, pervasive change in business processes. The research findings reveal that rather than a ‘great event’ having occurred, the reality of e-commerce in the South African manufacturing sector appears to be more mundane, i.e. the result of an evolutionary process of IT integration into existing work practices. Therefore, e-commerce cannot claim to have radically changed the way most business is conducted on a day-to-day basis. Moreover, a technology-focused approach to e-commerce tends to deflect attention away from farreaching systemic changes that need to be made in the South African manufacturing sector. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Moodley, S. (2002). The status of B2B e-commerce in the South African manufacturing sector: Evolutionary or revolutionary? The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication (SAJIC), 3. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19827 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | ISSN 1607-2235 (print version) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | ISSN 2077-5040 (online version) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19827 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19827 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The Status of B2B E-Commerce in the South African Manufacturing Sector: Evolutionary or Revolutionary? | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |