Predicting intention to adopt interorganizational linkages: An institutional perspective

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-49

  Teo, Hock Hai ^a   Wei, K K ^a   Benbasat, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coercive pressures; Financial electronic data interchange; Institutional influences; Interorganizational systems; Mimetic pressures; Normative pressures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FINANCIAL ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (FEDI); TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; VALUE-ADDED NETWORKS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242454335     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30036518     Document Type: Review

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