Mainstream discussions of research validity (truth, significance, objectivity) draw heavily on a certain “representational idiom” of science that assumes a knowledge – reality correspondence. However, for research on practices, rather than nature, such a knowledge-reality distinction is...

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...

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...

As part of an international empirical study we have developed a high-level theory of the structureand evolution of inter-organizational information systems (IOIS), but face two issues in testingthis theory; the very large set of factors possibly influencing IOIS and need to bound a...

As part of an international empirical study we have developed a high-level theory of the structure and evolution of inter-organizational information systems (IOIS), but face two issues in testing this theory; the very large set of factors possibly influencing IOIS and need to bound a complex...

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 used once adopted and implemented. We call such theories inertia theories because they imply that...

Infrastructure is widely regarded merely as a material (lifeless) system that brings together the activities of diverse practices. In contrast to this view, we propose that when infrastructure provides a site where practices are held at once both near and apart, life under the influence of these...

This paper is based on a comparative case study on the development of electronic orderingsystems - an example of inter-organizational information systems (IOIS) - linkingpharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmacies in Ireland and Australia respectively. Based on abrief account of the market...