Theoretical foundations of empirical research on interorganizational systems: Assessing past contributions and guiding future directions

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 497-518

  Robey, Daniel ^a   Im, Ghiyoung ^b   Wareham, Jonathan D ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion of innovotion; EDI; Interorgonizational systems; Transaction cosy economics

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION OF INNOVOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; INTERORGONIZATIONAL SYSTEM; ORGANISATIONAL; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; TRANSACTION COZY ECONOMIC;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 57049189159     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00171     Document Type: Review

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