Interorganizational Systems as an Uncertainty Reduction Strategy: a Resource Dependence Perspective
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This paper explores the environment alteration property of interorganizational systems. Propositions about the relationships between environmental characteristics and IOS use are derived from the Resource Dependence theory. Acknowledgments The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Izak Benbasat, Albert Dexter and Nancy Langton, all of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of British Columbia, for their many helpful suggestions. Note This paper was presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada in Halifax, NS in June 1994.
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