Paper Info
Title
Small Business Alliances: A Framework for Internet-Enabled Strategic Advantage
Abstract
The essential difference between small businesses and large corporations is found in their corporate structure. Similarly, the inter-organizational systems (IOSs) formed between small business to support strategic alliances and community-like networks have different requirements and functions from those formed between large corporations. This paper discusses the differences between the IOSs created by small and large organizations and then considers the transformations enabled by the Internet. When small businesses form IOSs on the Internet, the links created are both multi-purpose and multi-faceted--these IOSs can be transaction-based or can be used to exchange knowledge and to conduct joint production and projects. A large group of standard Internet services is available for use to enable the interaction of members within an IOS and we next provide a framework showing the way in which different inter-organizational relationships can be supported by using the Internet to enable competitive advantage. Finally, we consider the business drivers relevant to successful Internet alliance formation and analyze the strategy of building IOSs on the Internet.
Year
Venue
Keywords
1996
HICSS (4)
large corporation,large organization,small business,standard internet service,different requirement,small businesses form ioss,successful internet alliance formation,internet-enabled strategic advantage,large group,small business alliances,different inter-organizational relationship,business driver
Field
DocType
ISBN
Alliance,Small business,Computer science,Competitive advantage,Knowledge management,Database transaction,Corporate structure,The Internet
Conference
0-8186-7333-8
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.89
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Simpson Poon124524.86
Paula M. C. Swatman257789.26