We analyse the international process of standardising the so-called third-generation (3G) mobile communications systems as well as China's 3G policy in order to shed light on the relationship between regulation and innovation. For this analysis, we propose a transaction cost-theoretic framework...

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory study of R/3 users in China which wasconducted in Spring 2000. The broad purpose of the study is to identify crucial implementationprocess and context variables which warrant closer attention in the study of IT-enabledorganizational change. As...

On December 9, 1999, Yves Cizaire, manager of MIS, had just returned from a steering committeemeeting where a difficult decision had been made. After having successfully implemented SAP´sERP software package R/3 in the head office and two distribution centers using a phasedimplementation...

This paper outlines the theoretical concept of a studycurrently under way in China. Its main idea is to explorethe sustainability of centralized inter-organizationalsystems for supply chain management as proposed byMarkus et al. ([8]). The study draws on institutionaltheory in both its older and...

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...