We argue that certain theoretical commitments that underpin much existing Inter-organisational Information Systems (IOIS) research at small scales become untenable when IOIS are studied at the scale of whole industries and over time periods greater than individual implementation projects. We...

Observing that existing models of inter-organisational information systems (IOIS) have not been developedto explain IOIS variance, in this paper the authors develop three criteria a new theoretical framework shouldmeet: 1) It should support identification of and distinction between essential...

We analyse an empirical case study of an inter-organizational information system (IOIS) in theAustralian pharmaceutical distribution industry, using a theoretical data coding approach, toprovide a concise grounded account of changes in the material, normative and ideationalstructures within the...

The study of diffusion, adoption and implementation of inter-organisational information systems(IOIS) so far relies on theories which do not address the question of why systems continue to be usedonce adopted and implemented. We call such theories inertia theories because they imply that...

In this paper, we describe the introduction of electronic commerce into the drug distribution industry inChina. This case is especially interesting because massive institutional changes coincide with the introductionof a new technology. For these reasons, it becomes possible to study the...

Based on a critical analysis of the literature on the development and adoption of interorganisationalinformation systems (IOIS) we propose a new unit of analysis for IOISstudies, define levels of analysis based on this unit in order to organize a large set ofvariables pertinent to the study of...

In this paper, we raise the issue of the appropriate unit of analysis for e-commerce studies.Once it is acknowledged that the unit of analysis in e-commerce studies should comprisemore than one firm, the question is, which organizations should be included, i.e. how tobound the unit? We discuss...

This paper proposes that the lack of a theoretical framework able to address policyissues on the firm as well as the industry level in an integrated manner contributes toa failure of developing effective e-commerce policies. Specifically, theoreticalapproaches fall into the two broad categories...