15. Strengths Weakness Opportunities Threats First-mover advantage Established relationships, resulting in high switching costs for buyers Network effects create a competitive dilemma Status quo (imbedded EDI systems) Rapid technology changes could make its products obsolete. Larger and more established companies with significantly greater resources to commit to R&D, marketing support, etc Technology as a product faces obsolescence in a short term Covisint might generate both individual and collective switching costs International instability and foreign exchange rate fluctuation may hinder growth and revenues Collaboration and diversified buyer portfolio Possible government regulations on B2B e-commerce Access to larger customer bases
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Notas del editor
Identity management (or ID management , or simply IdM ) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an organization) and controlling access to the resources in that system by placing restrictions on the established identities of the individuals. Identity management is multidisciplinary and covers many dimensions, such as: Technical – Employs identity management systems (identification, implementation, administration and termination of identities with access to information systems, buildings and data within an organization). Legal – Deals with legislation for data protection . Police – Deals with identity theft . Social and humanity – Deals with issues such as privacy . Security – Manages elements such as access control. Organizations – Hierarchies and divisions of access.
A buy-side electronic market is focused on procurement, supply chain management, and development, while a sell-side market is focused on the demand chain, i.e. the processes by which the goods reach the customer [ARCHER and GEBAUER 2000].
E-procurement is the electronic integration and management of all procurement activities including purchase request, authorisation, ordering, delivery and payment between a purchaser and a supplier (Chaffey, 2002).