This article moves the debate on the integrative mechanisms of civil society from the study of individual civic engagement and associational life to the study of interorganizational civic networks. Drawing upon evidence from Bristol and Glasgow, we identify a polycentric model of civic networks, based on horizontal solidarity and generalized reciprocity, in which organizations engage in micro r...

This paper presents communication needs, supporting structures and communication practices collected from global software development projects. The data was gathered by 32 interviews from seven global interorganizational projects. We identified four important communication needs: problem solving, informing and monitoring, relationship building, and decision-making and coordination. Structures s...

Introduction In the last two decades the literature concerning interorganizational relationships (IRs), particularly strategic alliances, joint ventures, and social network analysis, has exploded. There has been a growing interest in how learning occurs in these various forms of cooperative arrangements. The nascent literature concerning learning processes in IRs suggests that learning occurs o...

This research is based on an extensive review of a pioneering interorganizational web services (WS) installation that has been in operation for almost two years. The case study is used to evaluate the current WS technology and identify the critical research issues. In particular, the review concludes that the WS technology is capable of meeting the business need of reusability and flexibility. ...

MIS literature has not adequately addressed the measurement of electronic commerce dimensions and activities. Measures are yet to be proposed to assess the effect of trusted electronic interorganizational relationships on customer loyalty. In this paper, we present the results of a study that was a first effort toward this end. The focus of this study is to develop an instrument for measuring f...

This proposal outlines a study to further develop theory related to interorganizational learning by exploring how the use of IT in an alliance will impact the ability of each partner in the relationship to learn. The study aims to do this by examining how the use of IT impacts an organization’s degree of transparency and its degree of receptivity (two key enablers of interorganizational learnin...

This research examines the ways electronic data interchange (EDI) is used to coordinate and control interorganizational activities and resource transactions between car manufacturers and suppliers. The objective is to deveIop a research framework with a solid theoretical base that will be capable of capturing the richness of changing interorganizational relationships. To this end, the paper dis...

Opportunities abound for combining the Internet's many exciting services and resources into new, value-added interorganizational services. Increasingly, such collaborative ventures, or virtual organizations, will encourage strategic alliances among groups of organizations that share services electronically to satisfy mutual business goals. These arrangements allow each organization to maintain ...