TY - JOUR
T1 - Do e-business strategies matter? the antecedents and relationship with firm performance
AU - Koo, Chulmo
AU - Song, Jaeki
AU - Kim, Yong Jin
AU - Nam, Kichan
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported for the first author by the Korean Research Foundation Grant (KRF-B00026).
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - Previous studies in e-business strategy focus on the issues of strategic positioning and its impact on firm performance. However, these studies do not address the antecedents to business strategies formulation and their impact on business performance or the role of business models in explaining e-business firm performance. This study applies Porter's generic strategies to the e-business context. It also identifies business models that are applied to the e-business environment and environmental factors and then examines these factors influence on firm performance with survey data. This study finds that uncertainty has a negative impact on the choice of strategic position of e-business firms, whereas market turbulence positively affects the level of adoption of all the strategies. Among the strategic positions, marketing differentiation positively influences firm performance. The research methodology, test results, and implications are further discussed.
AB - Previous studies in e-business strategy focus on the issues of strategic positioning and its impact on firm performance. However, these studies do not address the antecedents to business strategies formulation and their impact on business performance or the role of business models in explaining e-business firm performance. This study applies Porter's generic strategies to the e-business context. It also identifies business models that are applied to the e-business environment and environmental factors and then examines these factors influence on firm performance with survey data. This study finds that uncertainty has a negative impact on the choice of strategic position of e-business firms, whereas market turbulence positively affects the level of adoption of all the strategies. Among the strategic positions, marketing differentiation positively influences firm performance. The research methodology, test results, and implications are further discussed.
KW - Competitive strategy
KW - E-business model
KW - Environmental factors
KW - Firm performance
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U2 - 10.1007/s10796-006-9008-1
DO - 10.1007/s10796-006-9008-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34250194663
SN - 1387-3326
VL - 9
SP - 283
EP - 296
JO - Information Systems Frontiers
JF - Information Systems Frontiers
IS - 2-3
ER -