Research on strategic planning has been handicapped by lack of an appropriate operationalizing scheme for measuring the success of planning systems. In this paper, an operational model for measuring planning system success is developed in terms of two interrelated dimensions---improvements in...

Electronic integration---a form of vertical quasi-integration achieved through the deployment of dedicated computers and communication systems between relevant actors in the adjacent stages of the value-chain---is an important concept to researchers in the information systems field since it...

We develop alternative diffusion models of two corporate governance mechanisms---joint venture and M-form organizational structure---using relevant concepts from the resource-based theory. Using data on joint venture adoption from one homogeneous industry (information technology) sector and...