Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(2), 197-206 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260020197

The Research on enterprise E-technology

Roman Malo
Ústav informatiky, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

Today, a lot of enterprises use e-technologies as a tool that can help to improve their efficiency and enhance their position within competitive environment. An implementation of e-technology itself depends on the needs of business, resources availability and also understanding advantages and possibilities of e-technology.
There are a few interesting questions in the given field from research's point of view In our research, we aimed to theoretical and methodical issues of e-technologies in the context of e-business and technical support for providing and processing e-business and related e-activities. The main goal of the research is to provide a complex information platform for implementation and utilization of e-technology within enterprises.
Results of our research are based upon analysis of literature, surveys of e-business and e-technologies and own survey. In this paper, we describe especially basic information about our research, objectives, theoretical background, and selected information gained from processed survey because the research is still in the progress. Our work is a kind of contribution to exploring the current state and the importance of economic informatics and its impact to business efficiency, competitiveness and progress.

Keywords: e-technology, e-activities, e-technology research, enterprise e-technology, business model
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The paper is related to the project "The Research on Using E-technology in Enterprise Environment" which is supported by the grant 402/09/P271 of the Czech Science Foundation.

Received: November 30, 2011; Published: October 3, 2013  Show citation

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