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Business Relationship Digitization: What Do We Need to Know Before Embarking on Such Activities?

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  • Jari Salo

    (University of Oulu, Finland)

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Managers involve their companies in different types of business relationships for various reasons. These include but are not limited to efficiency gains, innovation, and influencing other organizations. In the age of digitization, managers have witnessed new ways to manage business relationships as the number of digital and electronic commerce tools have mushroomed. Business relationships digitization is an under-researched area, and therefore, the purpose of this article is to illustrate how relationships are digitized and what managers as well as academics should know about this emerging phenomenon. With the help of an extensive literature review, this article presents an overview of basic features and types of digitized business relationships. The author outlines a model that tackles critical factors while digitizing business relationships. In addition, a case example depicting the digitization process of a business relationship is presented. The article concludes with a description of the contribution of the study and presents suggestions for further research.

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  • Jari Salo, 2006. "Business Relationship Digitization: What Do We Need to Know Before Embarking on Such Activities?," Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), IGI Global, vol. 4(4), pages 75-93, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jeco00:v:4:y:2006:i:4:p:75-93
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    1. Martínez-Caro, Eva & Cegarra-Navarro, Juan Gabriel & Alfonso-Ruiz, Francisco Javier, 2020. "Digital technologies and firm performance: The role of digital organisational culture," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    2. Barna Laura – Eugenia – Lavinia & Ionescu Bogdan – Ștefan, 2023. "ERP Systems as a Part of Business Digitalization Systems as a Part of Business Digitalization," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 17(1), pages 1897-1908, July.

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