Applying the stakeholder concept to electronic commerce: extending previous research to guide government policy makers

Stakeholder analysis has become popular in the management literature, since the 1980s but is usually accompanied by debate about its use and scope. Later on, the view that the consideration of various types of stakeholders is beneficiary for organisations has been borrowed by the information systems literature where it was realised that successful implementation of information systems does not depend only on technical aspects. In this paper we examine how the use of stakeholder concept can be expanded outside the boundaries of a company or a group of companies, helping at the implementation of a successful electronic commerce policy from national governments.