Electronic markets and electronic hierarchies
Communications of the ACM
An empirical investigation of electronic integration in a supply chain relationship
ICIS '99 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Information Systems
The Assimilation of Knowledge Platforms in Organizations: An Empirical Investigation
Organization Science
Research Report: Empirical Test of an EDI Adoption Model
Information Systems Research
Strategic payoff from EDI as a function of EDI embeddedness
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Impacts of information technology investment on organizational performance
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Managing virtual workplaces and teleworking with information technology
Implementation of electronic data interchange: an innovation diffusion perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Transforming the marketspace with all-in-one markets
International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Electronic commerce and market transformation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Effects of Relational Factors and Channel Climate on EDI Usage in the Customer-Supplier Relationship
Journal of Management Information Systems
An Assessment of Electronic Information Transfer in B2B Supply-Channel Relationships
Journal of Management Information Systems
Impacts of internal and interorganizational information systems on the outsourcing of manufacturing
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Determinants of RFID adoption intention: Evidence from Taiwanese retail chains
Information and Management
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Through a Glass Clearly: Standards, Architecture, and Process Transparency in Global Supply Chains
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Resolving uncertainty and creating value from the exercise of e-commerce investment options
Information Systems Journal
The role of the quality of shared information in interorganizational systems use
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Adoption and Impacts of Interorganizational Business Process Standards: Role of Partnering Synergy
Information Systems Research
Fostering Networked Business Operations: A Framework for B2B Electronic Intermediary Development
International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Business-to-business integration and coordination costs
International Journal of Business Information Systems
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Firms are increasingly using collaborative systems to enhance supply-chain visibility. A key emphasis of these interorganizational systems (IOS) is to improve the coordination between buyers and suppliers through electronic integration. While such IOS integration is purportedly good, because it tightens linkages in the supply chain, it is not clear whether it is the best configuration under all conditions. A review of literature on adoption and use of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems (a type of IOS) shows that this issue has been examined from multiple theoretic perspectives. Researchers have examined how contingencies related to technology, organization, and environment shape EDI use. Limited attention has been directed toward understanding how conditions under which transactions are conducted impact the use of IOS. We argue that transactional characteristics are important antecedents to IOS integration and propose that demand uncertainty, complexity, market fragmentation, and market volatility capture key characteristics. These factors coupled with an open information-sharing environment are hypothesized to influence IOS integration. Data collected from the electronics industry is used to examine the research model. Results show that firms tend to deploy integrated IOS when complexity of the component is high, market fragmentation is low, and an open information-sharing environment exists. Thus, from a managerial perspective, IOS integration is the appropriate configuration under conditions of high product complexity and open information-sharing environment, but it precludes the firm from participating in the open market and gaining brokerage benefits.