Assimilation of interorganizational business process standards

Information Systems Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-362

  Bala, Hillol ^a   Venkatesh, Viswanath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Business process; Deployment; Firm dominance; Institutional influences; Interorganizational relationships; Interorganizational system; Organizational inertia; Process standards; Relational view of the firm

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

ASSIMILATION; BUSINESS PROCESS; DEPLOYMENT; FIRM DOMINANCE; INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL INERTIA; PROCESS STANDARDS; RELATIONAL VIEWS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 42649122618     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1070.0134     Document Type: Article

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