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Article: Information Technology for Relational Business Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Brazilian Engineering Industry.(Industry Trend or Event)
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- Journal of Global Information Management
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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This article presents a framework to integrate effectively different information technologies in order to coordinate a relational business ecosystem, an innovative business model. The information technologies needed to create this new business environment are presented, as well as an integrated model based on a technology-service-process-production taxonomy. A case study addressing a major engineering company in Brazil, now playing the role of an integrator within a relational business ecosystem is presented in order to validate the proposed model. Some conclusions in this realm are presented addressing the main obstacles and hurdles to accomplish a relational business ...