Exploring the constraints to the evolution of electronic business: The portuguese reality
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It is imperative for an organization to identify
potential constraints to e-business in order to minimize the risk derived from its e-business
initiative.
Hence, in this paper, we have used a maturity stage
model (Stages Of Growth Model for e-business –
SOGe) to identify the maturity stage of the biggest
Portuguese enterprises and to report the findings of
a study that sought to explore a range of constraints
that the literature suggests influences e-business
evolution, so that organizations could be better
equipped in anticipating any difficulties while in
progress through their e-business initiatives.
Questionnaires were applied to investigate the
research problem. It was administered to 1000
managing directors of the biggest (according to the
amount of business) Portuguese enterprises.
Results suggest that Portuguese enterprises had a
positive evolution between 2005 and 2007, and
that, in lower maturity stages, the constraints are
more significant.
