Information and Management
Beyond the productivity paradox
Communications of the ACM
Issues and opinion on structural equation modeling
MIS Quarterly
Technical opinion: Roadblocks to Web technology adoption?
Communications of the ACM
ICIS '99 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Information Systems
Binary trading relations and the limits of EDI standards: the Procrustean bed of standards
European Journal of Information Systems
Maximizing the value of internet-based corporate travel reservation systems
Communications of the ACM
The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps
Information Systems Research
Opening the "Black Box" of Network Externalities in Network Adoption
Information Systems Research
Research Report: Empirical Test of an EDI Adoption Model
Information Systems Research
Challenges of Adopting Web Services: Experiences from the Financial Industry
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
Vertical Integration and Information Technology Adoption: A Study of the Insurance Industry
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 08
Horizontal and Vertical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Web Services
HICSS '06 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 06
Journal of Management Information Systems
Should We Wait? Network Externalities, Compatibility, and Electronic Billing Adoption
Journal of Management Information Systems
International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications
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Vertical standards focus on industry-specific product and service descriptions, and are generally implemented using the eXtensible Markup Language XML. Vertical standards are complex technologies with an organizational adoption locus but subject to inter-organizational dependence and network effects. Understanding the assimilation process for vertical standards requires that both firm and industry-level effects be considered simultaneously. In this paper, the authors develop and evaluate a two-level model of organizational assimilation that includes both firm and industry-level effects. The study was conducted in collaboration with OASIS, a leading cross-industry standards-development organization SDO, and with ACORD, the principal SDO for the insurance and financial services industries. Results confirm the usefulness of incorporating firm-level and community-level constructs in the study of complex networked technologies. Specifically, the authors' re-conceptualization of the classical DoI concepts of relative advantage and complexity are shown to be appropriate and significant in predicting vertical standards assimilation. Additionally, community-level constructs such as orphaning risk and standard legitimation are also shown to be important predictors of assimilation.