Abstract:This paper proposes e-business value-creation to be a dynamic conversion process.From an e-business process point of view,we present a model of e-business value-creation process to examine the casual relationships among strategy,IT resources,e-business capabilities and process performance. Unlike former research that is from a structural and static view,this paper goes deep into casual links among factors at a e-business process level and explains the mediating role of e-business process in value creation.Based on the model,a series of hypotheses is developed.An empirical study of 177 manufacturers in China validates the proposed hypothesizes using structural equation modeling(SEM).The results demonstrate a critical causal link from e-business strategy planning to integrative age of IT resources and consequently generating distinctive e-business capabilities and process performance.The characteristics of three-stage process in e-business value creation are summarized.This research also provides a new approach to exploring the e—business value creation.