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Part 4 Choosing The Right E-Business Organization Model

Choosing the Right e-Business Organization Model: Centralized, Hybrid, or Decentralized?

This article breaks down the three dominant e-Business organizational models—centralized, decentralized, and hybrid—evaluating their pros and cons. It provides a practical framework to help businesses select the right structure based on maturity, industry pace, and business model alignment.

Part 3 What Drives E-Business Organization Strategy

Designing for Digital: What Drives e-Business Organization Strategy

This article introduces universal organization design principles and applies them to e-Business. It explains how business models—not best practices—should guide structure, and explores the role of segmentation, customer centricity, and cross-functional integration in building an agile digital organization.

Does eCommerce Matter?

This paper has good information on a variety of issues related to eCommerce - especially the need for and the role of someone to lead the "function" within a business. Good start on key issues.

Creating the Internet Enabled Virtual Organization

This presentation discusses the internet enabled virtual organization - internet enabled tools such as social media have enabled a new virtual organization design. What are the benefits and challenges of this it based virtual - networked - organization? what is knowledge management and what are its key concepts? what are some models to measure the ROI of social media? (29 slides)<br /> <div><br /> </div>

Part 1 Why E-Business Still Does Not Fit

Why e-Business Still Doesn’t Fit: The Organizational Alignment Problem

This article explains why e-Business continues to challenge traditional organizations. It explores the historical misplacement of e-Business functions in IT and marketing, the myths that distort strategic thinking, and the urgent need for structural realignment to avoid becoming obsolete.

Part 2 Why E-Business Demands A New Model

Rethinking Business for the Digital Era: Why e-Business Demands a New Model

This article explores the structural shift e-Business requires—from faster, personalized customer experiences to tightly integrated back-end systems. It highlights how customer expectations, short product life cycles, and real-time service pressure organizations to adopt entirely new models rather than repurpose old ones.