The Application Of EDI: Empirical Evidence

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is one technology that has enabled B2B E-Commerce to speak to each other electronically in order to transmit information from sender to receiver in the format the receiver wants. B2B E-Commerce is no longer synonymous with EDI (Pathak & Baldwin, 2008). In UAE, E...

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Published in:International journal of management & information systems 2013-04, Vol.17 (2), p.97
Main Author: Shahwan, Yousef
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Audits
Business to business commerce
Computer service industry
Cost control
Cost reduction
Customers
Electronic commerce
Electronic data interchange
Information systems
Studies
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Summary:Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is one technology that has enabled B2B E-Commerce to speak to each other electronically in order to transmit information from sender to receiver in the format the receiver wants. B2B E-Commerce is no longer synonymous with EDI (Pathak & Baldwin, 2008). In UAE, EDI usage is in its early stage of implementation and research is highly tempted. This paper investigates the application of EDI in UAE by providing empirical evidence as to whether EDI application significantly and positively correlates to volume, cost, and profitability.
ISSN:1546-5748
2157-9628
DOI:10.19030/ijmis.v17i2.7713