An E-Business Audit Service Model in the B2B Context |
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Authors: | Jagdish Pathak Mary Robinson Lind |
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Affiliation: | 1. Odette School of Business , University of Windsor , Windsor, Canada jagdish@uwindsor.ca;3. North Carolina A&4. T State University , Greensboro, NC, USA |
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Abstract: | This research studies E-business audit as a specialized service rendered in an information technology intensive environment. A service model is used to research the E-business audit context. Here auditing is viewed as a specialized technical service conducted in the context of E-business technologies, business processes, and people involved in E-business transactions. The specialized audit service is provided to the E-Business transacting firms that in most cases involve transactions between customers and suppliers. A field study of information technology auditors showed that both knowledge of the business processes and of the technologies were critical for them to render reliable and accurate E-business audit findings. The results showed the need for higher training levels in advanced IT methods and tools for technology auditors in rendering IT audit judgments for the business-to-business (B2B) context. Thus, these results provided support for the service model that calls for the appropriate knowledge and use of technologies, business processes, and people in providing service. |
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Keywords: | audit services E-business audit information technology expertise E-business audit judgment partial least squares interaction effects information technology auditing |
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