探索电子商务应用对物流过程的影响：经验数据来自食品行业外文翻译.docVIP

本科毕业论文外文翻译 外文题目： Exploring the impact of e-business adoption on logistics processes: empirical evidence from the food industry 出 处： International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications 作 者： A. Matopoulos*, M. Vlachopoulou and V. Manthou 1. Introduction E-business includes a number of applications that vary in complexity and could be defined as the use of the Internet or any other electronic medium for the execution of transactions, the support of business processes and the improvement of collaboration opportunities among entities (Brown and Lockett 2004). Despite the fact that the role and the potential impact of e-business adoption on companies have received attention in the literature, many companies are struggling with the question of how e-business impacts their supply chain and logistics processes (Cross 2000, Ferrari 2000). The general scope of this paper is therefore to explore the impact of e-business adoption on logistics processes but in a specific industry, since different industries present different characteristics, which complicate the analysis (Auramo 2002). In particular, this paper focuses on the food industry, which is a very dynamic and competitive one and moreover, is of great importance for the Greek, as well as the European economy. Therefore, it is essential to identify whether or not and in what way the adoption of e-business will benefit the adopters. The aim of the paper is to generate understanding of the range of factors that affect e-business adoption in the food industry, and in particular to explore the reasons for different levels perceived of e-business impact. The paper initially presents a conceptual framework, which takes into consideration both firm and non-firm related factors that is believed to affect e-business adoption. Finally, emphasis on the impact of e-business o