THE ROLE OF WEB SERVICES IN BUSINESS TO BUSINESSELECTRONIC COMMERCE

摘要

The Internet has accelerated the adoption of electronic collaboration and commerce among organizations. Thernnext stage in e-business will be the integration of collaboration and commerce activities with value-added andrnknowledge services. This stage calls for Web services, which are modular Internet-based business functionsrnthat perform specific business tasks to facilitate business interactions within and beyond the organization.rnBusinesses can experience time and cost savings by logging on to a Web service provider and requesting thernservice they require, as opposed to investing in exclusive technologies. This study argues that Web servicesrnengender several performance outcomes. Web services are a significant enabler of interfirm collaboration byrnpromoting technology trust between enterprises, which is described as control safeguards and assurancesrnembedded as protocols in Web services.