An economic analysis of interorganizational information technology
Decision Support Systems
Localized technological change and the evolution of standards as economic institutions
Information Economics and Policy - Special issue on the economics of standards
Electronic markets and electronic hierarchies
Communications of the ACM
Leveraging the new infrastructure: how market leaders capitalize on information technology
Leveraging the new infrastructure: how market leaders capitalize on information technology
ICIS '00 Proceedings of the twenty first international conference on Information systems
Binary trading relations and the limits of EDI standards: the Procrustean bed of standards
European Journal of Information Systems
BizTalk: Implementing Business-to-Business E-Commerce
BizTalk: Implementing Business-to-Business E-Commerce
Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs
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Clockspeed and Informational Response: Evidence From the Information Technology Industry
Information Systems Research
The Impact of Information Technology on Coordination: Evidence From the B-2
Organization Science
The Performance Impacts of Quick Response and Strategic Alignment in Specialty Retailing
Information Systems Research
A Foundation for Flexible Automated Electronic Communication
Information Systems Research
Communication and coordination in the virtual office
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Managing virtual workplaces and teleworking with information technology
Interorganizational business process redesign: merging technological and process innovation
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Strategic and competitive information systems
Facilitating Interorganizational Learning with Information Technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
Simulation results for supply chain configurations based on information sharing
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
A Knowledge Management Success Model: Theoretical Development and Empirical Validation
Journal of Management Information Systems
Exploring Attribute Correspondences Across Heterogeneous Databases by Mutual Information
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Technology, Production Process Outsourcing, and Manufacturing Plant Performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
A Virtual Integration Theory of Improved Supply-Chain Performance
Journal of Management Information Systems
Adaptability and accountability of information architectures in interorganizational networks
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance
On-demand e-supply chain integration: A multi-agent constraint-based approach
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Information Systems Management
Interorganizational partnership, switching cost, and strategic flexibility in supply chain
WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
The Business Value of Process Sharing in Supply Chains: A Study of RosettaNet
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Enabling flexible processes by ECA orchestration architecture
Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance
Competitive Environment and the Relationship Between IT and Vertical Integration
Information Systems Research
Information Technology, Network Structure, and Competitive Action
Information Systems Research
BlogTalk'08/09 Proceedings of the 2008/2009 international conference on Social software: recent trends and developments in social software
Leveraging information sharing to configure supply chains
Information Systems Frontiers
B2B integration in global supply chains: An identification of technical integration scenarios
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions
Journal of Management Information Systems
Willingness to share information in a supply chain: A partnership-data-process perspective
Information and Management
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 Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Fostering Networked Business Operations: A Framework for B2B Electronic Intermediary Development
International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies
Architectures for Enabling Flexible Business Processes: A Research Agenda
International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence
Journal of Management Information Systems
How do competitive environments moderate CRM value?
Decision Support Systems
Exploring how inter-organizational relational benefits affect information sharing in supply chains
Information Technology and Management
Developing Organizational Agility through IT and Supply Chain Capability
Journal of Global Information Management
Vertical IS standards deployment and integration: A study of antecedents and benefits
Information and Management
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The widespread use of information technology (IT) to create electronic linkages among supply chain partners with the objective of reducing transaction costs may have unintended adverse effects on supply chain flexibility. Increasing business dynamics, changing customer preferences, and disruptive technological shifts pose the need for two kinds of flexibility that interenterprise information systems must address--the ability of interenterprise linkages to support changes in offering characteristics (offering flexibility) and the ability to alter linkages to partner with different supply chain players (partnering flexibility). This study explores how enterprises in supply chains may forge supply chain linkages that enable both types of flexibility jointly, and allow them to deal with ubiquitous change. Drawing on March and Simon's coordination theory, we propose two design principles: (1) advance structuring of interorganizational processes and information exchange that allows partnering organizations to be loosely coupled, and (2) IT-supported dynamic adjustment that allows enterprises to quickly sense change and adapt their supply chain linkages. This study reports on a survey of 41 supply chain relationships in the IT industry. For design principle, our empirical investigation of factors shows (1) that modular design of interconnected processes and structured data connectivity are associated with higher supply chain flexibility, and (2) that deep coordination-related knowledge is critical for supply chain flexibility. Also, sharing a broad range of information with partners is detrimental to supply chain flexibility, and organizations should instead focus on improving the quality of information shared. For industry managers, the study provides clear insights for information infrastructure design. To manage their interdependencies, enterprises need to encapsulate their interconnected processes in modular chunks, and support these with IT platforms for information exchange in structured formats. Enterprises also need to nurture their execution capabilities by putting in place the information systems to process information exchanged with partners, augmenting their understanding of factors such as how partner actions need to trigger adaptive responses. For researchers, the study initiates a new stream of theorizing that focuses on the role of the information infrastructure in managing the tension between competing goals of offering flexibility and partnering flexibility.