Although there has been a significant amount of research on the adoption of IS standards and consequences, most has tended to focus on traditional EDI standards, paying special attention to factors of individual adopters. However, the current proliferation of new IS standards, based on open technologies, increases the potential for interorganizational collaboration. Research, therefore, needs t...

Research has shown that EDI and other forms of inter-organisational systems (IOS) are underdeveloped in Europe compared to the USA. Currently most discussions of IOS implementation emphasise technical considerations and pay only scant attention to other factors that affect IOS success. This paper reviews the IOS implementation and operational experience of Jive Irish organisations, and examines...

In this paper we examine how the adoption of EDI can increase the flexibility of a modular supply chain of organisations to match customised demand, and how expected costs and benefits of such the adoption are distributed among these organisations. Within a modular supply chain, organisations form process module networks in response to customised demand. These networks indicate in what order pr...

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This paper examines the usefulness of the diffusion of innovation research in developing theoretical accounts of the adoption of complex and networked IT solutions. We contrast six conjectures underlying DOI research with field data obtained from the study of the diffusion of EDI. Our analysis shows that DOI based analyses miss some important facets in the diffusion of complex technologies. We ...

rund um die Uhr Waren und Dienstleistungen anbieten und nachfragen kann, sind in den Industriestaaten im Entstehen. In Grossbritannien widmet sich ein Fernsehkanal (QVC) völlig dem elektronischen Einkaufen. Auf elektronischen Einkaufstrassen ('electronic malls') kann man vom Wohnzimmersessel aus bummeln gehen und Produkte über Kreditkarten online bestellen; die gesamte Geschäftsanbahnung und Ge...

TREAT (Teaching Realistic EDI and Telecommunications) is a practically-based education approach which uses a simulation/business game to teach participants how to use EDI for international trade. The TREAT approach has been tested initially in a university environment and, in this paper, the authors describe the process of moving TREAT into a commercial environment so that it can be tested on i...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine learning and employee-driven innovation (EDI) in the public sector, with a particular focus on interplay between employee engagement organisational conditions. Design/methodology/approach material consists qualitative interviews 23 participants from three municipal sites support that participated national programme aiming strengthen municipalities...