Paper Info
Title
Electronic commerce and the strategic management of deep-sea container shipping companies: an exploratory survey analysis
Abstract
Despite the increased adoption of electronic commerce (EC) among container shipping companies, the role of EC practice on their strategic management is poorly understood. This study takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine the uses, motivations, barriers and strategic relevance of EC in the container shipping industry in 1992 and 2002. To test five hypotheses, a 41-question survey was sent to 297 shipping companies, yielding an 11.1% response rate. The research found that the role of EC became more strategic and relevant for the identification of business goals. This change, however, could not be explained solely by the desire of companies to exploit EC externally with clients, but also by their ability to master EC internally. The role of EC was more strategic in companies where service is a key element of the company's competitive strategy and EC is regarded as a competitive necessity.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1145/1151454.1151517
ICEC
Keywords
Field
DocType
41-question survey,container shipping industry,competitive necessity,competitive strategy,strategic relevance,container shipping company,ec externally,ec practice,deep-sea container shipping company,strategic management,business goal,exploratory survey analysis,electronic commerce,deep sea,response rate
Response rate (survey),Business goals,Computer science,Competitive advantage,Commerce,Exploit,Strategic management,Marketing
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-59593-392-1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eladio Peñaloza100.34
Mary Brooks200.34
Sunny Marche3191.78