1. Defining the Extended Enterprise 1 st Doctoral Seminar Frank Goethals F.E.T.E.W. - K.U.Leuven SAP-Research Chair on ‘Extended Enterprise Infrastructures’

2. 2/15 Agenda 2 nd R.Q.Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity First set of research questions Setting the stage Second set of research questions Conclusions Fuzzy B2Bi Two basic types of B2Bi The complexity of setting up an EE

3. 3/15 Towards the first set of research questions How to do B2Bi? Web services standards 2 nd R.Q.Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity

4. 4/15 UDDI: Universal Description Discovery and Integration WS Provider WS Requestor WS Broker– UDDI business Registry WS Requestor WS Broker– UDDI business Registry 1. Register service and company 1. Register service and company 2. Get service and company information 2. Get service and company information 3. Look up technical details 3. Look up technical details 4. WS binding Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

5. 5/15 Towards the first set of research questions How to do B2Bi? Web services standards Semantic web 1 st level: EAI 2 nd level: Extended Enterprise Integration 3 th level: Dynamic B2Bi System Integration B2Bi Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

6. 6/15 First research questions 1.What is Extended Enterprise integration? 2.In what does Extended Enterprise integration differ from other forms of integration? Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

7. 7/15 What is the Extended Enterprise? FirmMarketNetwork form of organization Principal-agent theory Property-rights theory Transaction cost theory HighLow Motivational aspects Coordinational aspects The IT-enabled Extended Enterprise is a collection of legal entities (N ≥ 2) that pursue repeated, enduring exchange relations with one another, and of which parties are willing to make relationship-specific IT investments. Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q. HighLow HighLow

8. 8/15 Systems integration B2Bi EEi Market B2Bi Firm: EAI A Production Finance Development … B C A E F D K J L G I H Long term relationship; coordination needed Short term relation; unilateral development G A I H J K L What is Extended Enterprise integration? Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

9. 9/15 EEi vs. Market B2Bi WSes Standardized processes. No coordination needed. Creativity is possible. Coordination is needed. Usage statistics.Satisfaction and acceptance. Usually many using organizations. User need not be identified before the development begins. No counterparty-specific inv. Counterparty is variable. Usually one user-organization. User needs to be identified before the development begins. Partner-specific investments. Counterparty is fixed. Market B2BiEEi Development coordination Life Measure of success User of the Web service Characteristic Life EE Web Service Life Extended Enterprise Life Constituting CompaniesLife Market B2Bi Web Service Duration Market B2B Transaction Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

10. 10/15 The enterprise life cycle Id Co Re De Im Operational De Id Co Re De Im Operat. Extended Enterprise Individual Enterprise time Decom. Decommission Operation Implementation Design Requirements Concept Identification Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

11. 11/15 Setting up an Extended Enterprise is complicated Extended Enterprise: EEi Individual Enterprise: EAI Business side ICT side Strategic Level Tactical Level Operational Level Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

12. 12/15 Towards the second set of research questions How to do B2Bi? Coordination = The management of dependencies. RQ: How can classes of coordination mechanisms be operationalized to deal with specific types of dependencies in a specific integration context (the Extended Enterprise), given the fact that COTS software (providers) is (are) used. 2 nd R.Q.Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity

13. 13/15 Hypotheses H1:Existing vendors of business software can play an important role in Extended Enterprise integration as an intermediary person in the process of enabling the Extended Enterprise with ICT. H2:Business software providers can make their software more powerful by implementing standard Web services. 2 nd R.Q.Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity

14. 14/15 Conclusions There are two basic forms of B2Bi: EEi and Market B2Bi. The coordination of dependencies is an important issue in B2Bi. We will investigate the dependencies that show up and coordination mechanisms that can be used. Concl.Fuzzy2 typesComplexity2 nd R.Q.

15. 15/15 Questions or comments?