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Electronic collaboration ontology: The case of readiness analysis of electronic marketplace adoption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Kayvan Miri-Lavassani ,
Bahar Movahedi  and
Vinod Kumar
Kayvan Miri-Lavassani
Affiliation:
Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Bahar Movahedi
Affiliation:
Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Vinod Kumar
Affiliation:
Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Abstract

This paper introduces the ontology of electronic collaboration (e-collaboration) and applies it for modeling the readiness analysis of e-collaboration through the electronic marketplace (EM). Our search of the literature shows that the publication of papers in the areas of e-collaboration and EM has reached to the third phase of S-shape growth, which indicates that these areas have arrived at a certain level of maturity. However, while most of the e-collaboration studies focus on the application of collaboration technologies, less attention has been paid to the development of frameworks and the models that can describe the concept of the collaboration. Based on the notion of e-collaboration at the organization level, this paper introduces the ontology of e-collaboration. The proposed e-collaboration ontology is further applied to the case of readiness analysis for EM-based collaboration. Following the proposed ontology, the readiness model displays key measures of readiness at the strategy, process, and technology levels. At each level, the measures are segmented into internal and external contexts.

Keywords

electronic collaborationontologyelectronic marketplacereadiness analysisb2bintegration
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 2010 , pp. 454 - 466
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2010

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