A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework

Rapid growth of e-commerce has made the competition quite different. In this new environment customers have wide choices and are looking forward to the support which guarantees the delivery of what they have chosen. This leads to complexity in the relationship between the provider and the customer w...

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Main Authors: Hasanzadeh Hasanzadeh, mahsa Nazemi, Elahi Elahi, Zanjani Zanjani
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Language:English
Published: University of Tehran 2013-07-01
Series:Journal of Information Technology Management
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Online Access:https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_36527_fae1ab2aa16fdc6577f3b28fb01df814.pdf
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description Rapid growth of e-commerce has made the competition quite different. In this new environment customers have wide choices and are looking forward to the support which guarantees the delivery of what they have chosen. This leads to complexity in the relationship between the provider and the customer which obviously is made more in a B2B environment. Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a key tool to manage this complexity. One of the current challenges in setting of SLAs is the gap between customer requirements and perceived characteristics of service by the provider. Unlike previous researches which only consider providers capability to provide service, this research looks at the other side of contract, customers, and presents a comprehensive framework of customer properties. Firstly, dimensions and indicators of the customer properties were identified through literature review and then, they were evaluated through experts’ survey. The detected dimensions in this framework were management, organization, human, knowledge, information, applications and infrastructure.
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spelling doaj-art-24e6bf593bdc4e20a58bde72050693ff2025-08-20T01:51:02ZengUniversity of TehranJournal of Information Technology Management2008-58932423-50592013-07-0152375610.22059/jitm.2013.3652736527A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL FrameworkHasanzadeh Hasanzadeh0mahsa Nazemi1Elahi Elahi2Zanjani Zanjani3Associated Prof., Management of Systems, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranM.Sc. Information Technology Management, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranAssociated Prof., Management of Systems, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranMSc. Information Technology Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, IranRapid growth of e-commerce has made the competition quite different. In this new environment customers have wide choices and are looking forward to the support which guarantees the delivery of what they have chosen. This leads to complexity in the relationship between the provider and the customer which obviously is made more in a B2B environment. Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a key tool to manage this complexity. One of the current challenges in setting of SLAs is the gap between customer requirements and perceived characteristics of service by the provider. Unlike previous researches which only consider providers capability to provide service, this research looks at the other side of contract, customers, and presents a comprehensive framework of customer properties. Firstly, dimensions and indicators of the customer properties were identified through literature review and then, they were evaluated through experts’ survey. The detected dimensions in this framework were management, organization, human, knowledge, information, applications and infrastructure.https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_36527_fae1ab2aa16fdc6577f3b28fb01df814.pdfService Level Agreement (SLA)IT Service ManagementITIL FrameworkB2B
spellingShingle Hasanzadeh Hasanzadeh
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Zanjani Zanjani
A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework
Journal of Information Technology Management
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
IT Service Management
ITIL Framework
B2B
title A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework
title_full A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework
title_fullStr A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework
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title_short A Framework Determining Service Level in a B2B Environment based on ITIL Framework
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topic Service Level Agreement (SLA)
IT Service Management
ITIL Framework
B2B
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