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What is e-business and does it still matter?

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  • Feng Li

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What is e-business – or e-commerce, e-government or e-learning? Does it still matter today? If so, in what ways and what can we do about it? Since the mid-1990s, the e-phenomenon has captured people's imagination and led to many dramatic changes. However, with the rapid conceptual and application expansion, the limited conceptual clarity of e-business that existed in the 1990s has evaporated almost entirely. This paper examines what is and what is not e-business, and then outlines a broad conceptual framework to underpin and integrate the vast range of issues in this rapidly evolving field. The dot.com burst in 2001 did not mark the end of e-business, and many radical changes predicted during the dot.com boom but dismissed in the aftermath of the dot.com crash are materialising today. Some of these changes are so radical that a new generation of organisation and management theories are perhaps needed. Areas for future research will be highlighted.

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  • Feng Li, 2007. "What is e-business and does it still matter?," International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(2/3/4), pages 125-137.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijitma:v:6:y:2007:i:2/3/4:p:125-137
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    1. Matthew Crighton & Ivan Turok & Charles Leleux, 2009. "Tensions in Localising Welfare to Work to Britain's Cities," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 24(1), pages 46-67, February.
    2. Nishchal N. Pandey, 2009. "Security Sector Reforms in Nepal," South Asian Survey, , vol. 16(2), pages 253-271, July.

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