Research on Modes of the Third-Party B2B E-Marketplaces Influencing the Global Production Networks Embeddedness of SMEs

Author

Hu, Baoliang ; Xiong, Jie

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2009

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

At first the four modes that the third-party B2B e-marketplaces influence the global production networks (GPN) embeddedness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are presented. Namely, they are transaction mode, manufacturing factory mode, technology factory mode, and mixed mode. Afterwards the different mechanisms in the four modes that the third-party B2B e-marketplaces influence the GPN embeddedness of SMEs are analyzed. At last these four modes and the mechanisms are verified with four cases.

Keywords

electronic commerce; small-to-medium enterprises; business-to-business electronic market; global production network; manufacturing factory mode; mixed mode; small and medium-sized enterprises; technology factory mode; third-party B2B e-marketplace mode; transaction mode; Collaboration; Costs; Crisis management; Customer relationship management; Financial management; Industrial relations; Innovation management; Manufacturing; Marketing and sales; Production facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4638-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4639-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5300867

Filename

5300867