Title :
Business-to-business e-commerce frameworks
Author :
Shim, Simon S. Y. ; Pendyala, Visbnu S. ; Sundaram, Murali ; Gao, Jerry Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Inf., & Syst. Eng., San Jose State Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electronic commerce lets people purchase goods and exchange information on business transactions online. Although the Internet´s role as a business channel is a fairly recent phenomenon, its impact, financial and otherwise, has been substantially greater than that of other business channels which have been in existence for several decades. The authors believe that e-commerce gives companies improved efficiency and reliability of business processes through transaction automation. There are two major types of e-commerce: business to consumer (B2C), in which consumers purchase products and services from businesses, and business to business (B2B), in which businesses buy and sell among themselves. B2B transactions are a growing segment of the e-commerce market. This article analyzes and compares popular B2B frameworks that attempt to address such issues as interoperability and security between enterprises transacting business over the Internet
Keywords :
Internet; business communication; electronic commerce; open systems; security of data; telecommunication security; transaction processing; Internet; business processes; business transaction automation; business-to-business electronic commerce frameworks; efficiency; information exchange; interoperability; online purchasing; reliability; security; Application software; Automation; Business; Companies; Consumer electronics; Electronic commerce; Enterprise resource planning; Internet; Microprocessor chips; XML;