Journal of Management Information Systems
Globalization and information management strategies
Journal of Management Information Systems
Assessing the impact of Western Europe unification in 1992: implications for corporate IT strategies
The global issues of information technology management
A framework for transnational systems
The global issues of information technology management
The global issues of information technology management
Information technology in an international enterprise: an organizational framework
The global issues of information technology management
Global perspectives of marketing information systems: opportunities and challenges
Global information systems and technology
Information systems personnel, human resource management and the global organization
Global information systems and technology
Globalization, technology, and competition: the fusion of computers and telecommunications in the 1990s
Designing Complex Organizations
Designing Complex Organizations
Patterns in the organization of transnational information systems
ICIS '98 Proceedings of the international conference on Information systems
Web-based education in the 21st century: a transnational perspective
Web-based education
Ideal patterns of strategic alignment and business performance
Information and Management
IS Planning autonomy in US subsidiaries of multinational firms
Information and Management
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Organizational culture and information systems adoption: A three-perspective approach
Information and Organization
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The objective of this study is to aid our understanding of the organization of information systems in organizations whose activities cross national boundaries. The increasing globalization of business has led firms to seek new, and more appropriate, organizational structures, processes, and cultures. This has required the establishment of appropriate information technology platforms to coordinate business processes and to provide coalition mechanisms.This study is based on five important dimensions of transnational strategy--the configuration of value chain activities, the coordination of value chain activities, centralization, strategic alliances, and market integration--that define a comprehensive taxonomy of transnational strategy. A basic proposition is that a firm's transnational strategy will be reflected in the design of its information systems. To address this proposition, a two-stage questionnaire study was conducted. Respondents included 150 multinational corporations from 20 countries and 25 industries. The five dimensions of transnational strategy were operationalized, and the analysis established the validity of a taxonomy that is better suited to the study of systems-related issues in MNCs. This taxonomy was used to test hypotheses related to the organization of transnational systems. These hypotheses were stated in terms of IS organizational, strategic, architectural, and personnel dimensions.The results of the study support the proposition that the organizational characteristics of centralization, dispersal, and coordination are differentially reflected in the IT configurations of various kinds of MNCs. In a centrally coordinated business structure, IT is also globally centralized. In addition, local autonomy was shown to affect the deployment of IT in global firms.