Title:	DETERMINING THE E-LEVEL OF AN ENTERPRISE USING THE SEVEN FACTORS MODEL
Author(s):	Timo Partala , Taina Lehtimäki
ISBN:	978-972-8924-35-5
Editors:	Piet Kommers (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2007
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Information network utilization, strategy, communication, networks, e-management, e-level.
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	122
Last Page:	128
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Currently many companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, face the strategic question of determining the correct focus and level of investment related to the use of the electronic information network. However, existing literature fails to provide simple and efficient - and yet holistic - methods for managers to evaluate their companies’ information network usage from different viewpoints. In this paper, we present a model for evaluating the e-level (level of electronic information network utilization) of a company. The model consists of seven factors: communication, integrity, presence, strategy, resources, business operations, and networks. The managers of 71 companies from the Oulu South region, Finland, evaluated their companies’ use of electronic network by completing a web questionnaire with 21 questions (three for each factor) developed based on the model. The analysis of the data showed that the developed methods were successful in eliciting both differences and correlations between the different factors for the participating companies. The results of a subsequent questionnaire showed that the company representatives evaluated both the model and the questionnaire as mainly successful. We suggest that the developed methods are useful for individual company managers and regional developers providing support services to enterprises.
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