EDI Adoption and Diffusion: International Comparative Analysis of the Automotive and Retail Industries
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Main Author: Eistert, Torsten (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: Wiesbaden Deutscher Universitätsverlag 1996
Series:Gabler Edition Wissenschaft, Informationsmanagement und Computer Aided Team
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:In the I 980s, ED! was the subject of many conferences and articles where its potential for efficiency enhancement within the whole economy and the strategic value for the pioneering adopters were praised. After a decade of active promotion, however, the diffusion progress has not fulfilled the expectations. Common explanations hint at technical difficulties, unclear standardisation processes, m1ssmg strategic awareness within the affected industry, and a less-than-obvious pay-off for the investment into electronic links. The author takes a different position. He approaches the state of ED! diffusion in four industry case studies with a broad theoretical basis, including efficiency aspects, the power-dependence relationships between companies on both sides of the ED! link, and the specific role of network and message compatibility for the diffusion of telecommunication­ based innovations like ED!. Combining the theoretical threads of diffusion of innovations theory, transaction cost theory, and power-dependence theory, the author builds an eclectic theoretical framework specifying the 'political economy' of the value chain where ED! happens to diffuse
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 297 S.)
ISBN:9783663084365
9783824462650
DOI:10.1007/978-3-663-08436-5

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