EXPLORATORY STUDY OF E-PROCUREMENT ADOPTION IN INDIAN AND CHINESE COMPANIES: CASE STUDY WITH INNOVATION APPROACH

Abstract

Adoption of an e-procurement system offers a company many benefits in terms of tremendous cost savings and efficiency in procurement process. Therefore, e-procurement is constantly receiving lots of attention from companies in global markets. Although the benefits of e-procurement are plenty, the reality is that it is not being adapted to the much extent in developing countries. However, Indian and Chinese companies are planning to successfully adopt strategic approach for adopting e-procurement systems. Since the compatibility of e-procurement is somewhat barrier for implementation and integration of existing infrastructure, however in reality the cost savings are overpowering the risks. The present study explores how the tangible benefits and risks associated to e-procurement affect the e-procurement adoption and further explores the impact of e-procurement adoption in India and China. By using Indian and Chinese firms, the results show that cost benefit is the main driver for companies to adopt e-procurement in India.