A theory of industry-level activity for understanding the adoption of interorganizational systems

A theory of industry-level activity for understanding the adoption of interorganizational systems

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Article ID: iaor20013715
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 9
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 243
End Page Number: 251
Publication Date: Dec 2000
Journal: European Journal of Information Systems
Authors: ,
Keywords: communication, organization, computers: information
Abstract:

Increasingly we wish to ask and research questions about the adoption of interorganizational systems and electronic commerce at the industry level but are hampered by the lack of a theory of concerted purposeful action at this large level of analysis. In this paper we give the outlines of such a theory and indicate the uses to which it can be put. Particular attention is paid to how the routine day-to-day activities of the firms and support organizations that make up an industry group can be coordinated in such a way that we can speak of an industry as engaged in purposeful activity. We contend that only through a deep understanding of the possibilities and nature of routine coordinated activity at this level can issues concerning promotion, implementation and adoption of interorganizational systems by whole industries be properly framed.

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