E-business evolution in Indonesian B2B manufacturing SMEs: An exploratory study

This paper describes the evolution of e-business in B-to-B manufacturing small and medium enterprises. Based on the e-business initiatives that were resulted in previous work, this paper explains the empirical evidence through three separate studies that are complementary. First, this paper presents the initial allegations of e-business evolution. Second, a quantitative study is conducted to see whether the initial allegation of e-business represents the SMEs´ e-business planning. Third, qualitative study conducted to see the motivation of SMEs in every stage of the evolution of e-business. The findings suggest four e-business initiatives as an e-business evolution path.