Electronic business.(Editorial Preface)

This special issue of JGIM is devoted to papers from the Second International Conference on Electronic Business held in Taipei from 10-13 December 2002 and the International Conference on Electronic Business (e-Business) held in Beijing from 23-26 May 2002. Seven papers were selected from each conference. All papers went through a double blind review process based upon the standards of JGIM. A total of three research papers and two research notes were accepted for publication in this special issue.

These papers cover a wide range of issues and challenges in e-business. Although the number of Internet ventures has decreased significantly since the dot-com crash, many firms are still leveraging the Internet internally to improve efficiency and effectiveness as well as externally to build linkages with business partners and customers. Further, the economic downturn has forced corporations to decrease their expenditure in information technology (IT) and e-business implementation, and also forced chief …