Abstract Interorganizational Systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration betwee... more Abstract Interorganizational Systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading partners and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that investigates relationships and how organizations progress from one ...
Abstract Developing countries have lagged behind developed countries in the adoption of B2B e-Com... more Abstract Developing countries have lagged behind developed countries in the adoption of B2B e-Commerce (EC). There have been limited in-depth studies to explore the adoption experience of developing countries. This study compares the experience of the grocery industry in ...
Many organizations particularly in developed countries have engaged in inter-organizational syste... more Many organizations particularly in developed countries have engaged in inter-organizational systems (IOS) to manage their business operations across the supply chain. Such systems, which are mainly based on business-to-business electronic commerce technologies, are seen to play a significant role in enabling organizations around the world to extend their supply chain and to engage in global trading efficiently and effectively regardless of their geographical locations. However, the adoption rate of IOS in developing countries is still generally very low. This creates significant challenges to achieving advanced supply chain management for organizations in the developed countries that have trading relationships with organizations in developing countries. Although an enormous number of studies have been conducted to investigate the IOS adoption phenomenon in the last three decades, currently, there is still a limited understanding of the contextual issues related to the IOS adoption in developing countries, specifically within the Arabian Gulf region. Therefore, in this study, guided by the process model of Kurnia and Johnston [(2000). The need for a processual view of inter-organizational systems adoption. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 9, 295–319], we conducted a multiple case study with seven companies within the grocery industry of Bahrain to investigate IOS adoption. This study offers important implications for both academics and practitioners.
). At this stage, there is still a need for a better understanding of the potential and relevance... more ). At this stage, there is still a need for a better understanding of the potential and relevance of EC in developing countries as well as the behaviour of SMEs towards EC adoption. Moreover, there is still a need for a holistic view of how various widely known factors at the organization, industry and national levels affect EC adoption. Therefore, this study proposes a theoretical model of EC technologies adoption by SMEs in developing countries by incorporating various readiness factors identified in the literature that may determine EC technologies adoption by SMEs in developing countries. It then explores the influence of these factors on the adoption of different EC technologies. The environmental pressure is also considered in this study. Through a survey of SMEs within the grocery industry in Malaysia as an example of a developing country, the study demonstrates how various readiness factors influence the adoption of various EC technologies differently. This study provides additional insights into EC adoption by SMEs in developing countries and has important implications for research and practice.
and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research tha... more and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that investigates relationships and how organizations progress from one level to the next level of adoption. However, these studies do not adequately justify the exclusion of other variables and are not theoretically based. This research extends the process model of IOS adoption by incorporating the notion of IOS adoption maturity and also modifies it from a supply chain to a dyadic level so better evaluations of progression can be performed. With this model, the dynamics of IOS adoption maturity can be better examined empirically. Strategic Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management. Prior to becoming an academic he spent 13 years as a freelance consulting analyst / project manager, designing and implementing about 25 large computer systems for inventory and production planning in a number of leading manufacturing companies in Australia.
Interorganizational systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading... more Interorganizational systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading partners and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that examines the match between the different types of relationships and different types of IOS adoption and how IOS adoption moves from a simple system to a more sophisticated system. However, these studies do not precisely define the important constructs needed to understand this adoption progression, which makes them difficult to be used for empirical research. This research introduces a new model, which is called "IOS Adoption Maturity" model, to explicitly illustrate how organizations progress from one level of IOS adoption to the next level. Based on the previous studies, we define three important constructs (IO relationship intimacy, IOS sophistication and IOS adoption maturity) in the model. With this model, the dynamics of IOS adoption progression can be better examined empirically.
Abstract Interorganizational Systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration betwee... more Abstract Interorganizational Systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading partners and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that investigates relationships and how organizations progress from one ...
Abstract Developing countries have lagged behind developed countries in the adoption of B2B e-Com... more Abstract Developing countries have lagged behind developed countries in the adoption of B2B e-Commerce (EC). There have been limited in-depth studies to explore the adoption experience of developing countries. This study compares the experience of the grocery industry in ...
Many organizations particularly in developed countries have engaged in inter-organizational syste... more Many organizations particularly in developed countries have engaged in inter-organizational systems (IOS) to manage their business operations across the supply chain. Such systems, which are mainly based on business-to-business electronic commerce technologies, are seen to play a significant role in enabling organizations around the world to extend their supply chain and to engage in global trading efficiently and effectively regardless of their geographical locations. However, the adoption rate of IOS in developing countries is still generally very low. This creates significant challenges to achieving advanced supply chain management for organizations in the developed countries that have trading relationships with organizations in developing countries. Although an enormous number of studies have been conducted to investigate the IOS adoption phenomenon in the last three decades, currently, there is still a limited understanding of the contextual issues related to the IOS adoption in developing countries, specifically within the Arabian Gulf region. Therefore, in this study, guided by the process model of Kurnia and Johnston [(2000). The need for a processual view of inter-organizational systems adoption. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 9, 295–319], we conducted a multiple case study with seven companies within the grocery industry of Bahrain to investigate IOS adoption. This study offers important implications for both academics and practitioners.
). At this stage, there is still a need for a better understanding of the potential and relevance... more ). At this stage, there is still a need for a better understanding of the potential and relevance of EC in developing countries as well as the behaviour of SMEs towards EC adoption. Moreover, there is still a need for a holistic view of how various widely known factors at the organization, industry and national levels affect EC adoption. Therefore, this study proposes a theoretical model of EC technologies adoption by SMEs in developing countries by incorporating various readiness factors identified in the literature that may determine EC technologies adoption by SMEs in developing countries. It then explores the influence of these factors on the adoption of different EC technologies. The environmental pressure is also considered in this study. Through a survey of SMEs within the grocery industry in Malaysia as an example of a developing country, the study demonstrates how various readiness factors influence the adoption of various EC technologies differently. This study provides additional insights into EC adoption by SMEs in developing countries and has important implications for research and practice.
and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research tha... more and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that investigates relationships and how organizations progress from one level to the next level of adoption. However, these studies do not adequately justify the exclusion of other variables and are not theoretically based. This research extends the process model of IOS adoption by incorporating the notion of IOS adoption maturity and also modifies it from a supply chain to a dyadic level so better evaluations of progression can be performed. With this model, the dynamics of IOS adoption maturity can be better examined empirically. Strategic Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management. Prior to becoming an academic he spent 13 years as a freelance consulting analyst / project manager, designing and implementing about 25 large computer systems for inventory and production planning in a number of leading manufacturing companies in Australia.
Interorganizational systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading... more Interorganizational systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading partners and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that examines the match between the different types of relationships and different types of IOS adoption and how IOS adoption moves from a simple system to a more sophisticated system. However, these studies do not precisely define the important constructs needed to understand this adoption progression, which makes them difficult to be used for empirical research. This research introduces a new model, which is called "IOS Adoption Maturity" model, to explicitly illustrate how organizations progress from one level of IOS adoption to the next level. Based on the previous studies, we define three important constructs (IO relationship intimacy, IOS sophistication and IOS adoption maturity) in the model. With this model, the dynamics of IOS adoption progression can be better examined empirically.
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