Designing and Implementation of E-Business Model for Ethiopian Import and Export Enterprises: A Case Study with Elico
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2009-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Over the past years, deploying Information Technology in business activity has
evolved to become the predominant element in business development and
improvement process. An E-Business Model is a blueprint of a business
strategy and the foundation for the implementation of e-business information
systems. This research was conducted to investigate the business process cycle
and to propose an E-Business model for Ethiopian Import and Export
Enterprises; the case with ELICO, a private owned leather export industry in
Ethiopia.Reforming old bus iness into electronic business is no longer an alternative, it is
an imperative. Especially in developing countries, including Ethiopia, it is a
challenging task to integrate ICT with business. Most Import and Export firms
have no proper E-Business model that enables them to integrate ICT in their
business. The study employed semi-structured interview to study the business
process cycle and identify important components to design the E-business
mode lFinally, an E-Business model for ELICO has been proposed. eBML was used as
a tool to develop the model based on E-Business modeling framework. This
enables ELICO to deploy ICT and e-business information systems applications.
The study forwards conclusion on designing E-Business model as an import
stage in the development of information system for every business and
recommendations on future studies.
Keywords: E-Business Model, Ethiopia, Import and Export, ELICO
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E-Business Model, Ethiopia, Import and Export, ELICO