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The main purpose of this prescriptive paper is to present the EC strategy idea and program of actions basing on SWOT analysis, value chain characteristics, Business Process Reengineering and information architecture designs. EC strategy is interpreted as corporateā€™s transition from the position of born-on-the Internet or move-to-the Internet to the strategic positions: brand creator, brand follower, brand repositioning or brand reinforcement firm.

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G. Harindranath W. Gregory Wojtkowski Jože Zupančič Duska Rosenberg Wita Wojtkowski Stanislaw Wrycza John A. A. Sillince

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Pankowska, M. (2002). Electronic Commerce Strategy Development. In: Harindranath, G., et al. New Perspectives on Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0595-2_45

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