E-procurement current and future readiness level in Malaysia

E-procurement has been recognized as an element of Business-to-Business (B2B) E-commerce. In B2B organizations have inter firm acquisition of goods and services over the internet. This paper focuses the current and future readiness level of E-procurement among organizations in Malaysia. A survey questionnaire was administered to collect data from 46 organizations. The general finding shows that Malaysian medium and large organizations have positive influence towards online procuring in terms of readiness. This paper also provides information about future intentions of E-procurement implementation.

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