Title :
Delivering high quality/low-cost products to the consumer and profits to the shareholders: can it be done in the e-commerce environment?
Author :
Johnson, Dana M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. & Econ., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
Abstract :
Mounting pressures from industrial consumers to meet their constantly changing demands for products has impacted the ever-shortened life cycle in the e-business environment. As more e-businesses go online with the support from venture capitalists wanting a return on their investment in short order, can the traditional business/management model support these constraints posed by this business evolution? Balancing quality, costs, delivery, and staying economically viable and profitable may only be a reality for a small few. This exploratory study will build a theoretical framework supported by qualitative and quantitative models to reshape the technology management practices of the future
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; product development; research and development management; business evolution; business/management model; costs; delivery; e-business; e-commerce environment; economic viability; industrial consumers; product life cycle; profitability; quality; return on investment; technology management practices; venture capitalists; Business; Companies; Economic forecasting; Electronic commerce; Environmental economics; Industrial economics; Information technology; Internet; Linear programming; Marketing and sales;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.951882