ISBN: 3790816531
TITLE: Interorganisational Standards
AUTHOR: Lwer
TOC: 

1 Introduction 1
1.1 The Challenges of Interorganisational Standards 3
1.2 Research Questions and Chapter Overview 7
2 Research Approach 11
2.1 Epistemology and Focus 12
2.2 Case Study Research Method 19
2.3 Actor-Network Theory 24
2.4 Summary and Conclusions 30
3 Interorganisational Relationships and Information Systems 31
3.1 The Nature of Interorganisational Relationships 31
3.2 The Nature of Interorganisational Information Systems 37
 3.2.1 Concepts of Interorganisational Information Systems 37
3.2.2 Electronic Data Interchange Systems 42
3.3 Research an Interorganisational Information Systems 45
3.3.1 Review of the Literature an the Management of IOS 46
3.3.2 Lacking Research an the Development of Interorganisational Standards 56
3.4 Summary and Conclusions 66
4 Standards Development 69
4.1 The Nature of Standards 69
4.2 Technical Development of Standards 77
4.3 Economic Decisions an Standards 80
4.3.1 Neo-Classical Economics 80
4.3.2 Neo-Institutional Economics 84
4.4 Social Construction of Standards 88
4.4.1 Social Construction of Technology 88
4.4.2 Social Construction of Standards 90
4.5 Actor-Network Theory and Standards 92
4.5.1 Basic Concepts 96
4.5.2 Dynamics of Actor-Networks 98
4.5.3 Illustrating Examples 104
4.5.4 Evaluation 108
4.6 Summary and Conclusions 110
5 The Development of Interorganisational Standards 113
5.1 Concepts of Web-Based Interorganisational Standards 114
5.1.1 The Emergence of Semantic Web Services Standards 114
5.1.2 Web-Based Interorganisational Standards 127
5.2 The Case of RosettaNet 136
5.2.1 Formation 137
5.2.2 Growth and Organisational Structure 140
5.2.3 Architecture and Foundational Programs 146
5.2.4 Partner Interface Processes and Milestone Programs 156
5.2.5 Conclusions 164
5.3 The Case of ebXML 165
5.3.1 Organisational Structure of CEFACT, OASIS and ebXML 165
5.3.2 Architecture 174
5.3.3 Politics 180
5.3.4 Conclusions 189
5.4 A Process Model for Interorganisational Standards Development 191
5.4.1 Formation 193
5.4.2 Organisation 197
5.4.3 Development 203
5.4.4 Adoption, Use and Impact 208
5.4.5 A Generic Process Model for Interorganisational Standards Development 210
5.5 Summary and Conclusions 214
6 Strategies for the Development of Interorganisational Standards 217
6.1 The User Firm Perspective 218
6.2 The Perspective of the Standards Development Organisation 225
6.3 The Software Vendor Perspective 228
6.4 The Governmental Perspective 232
6.5 Summary and Conclusions 233
7 Conclusions 235
Appendixes 243
A Primary Data Sources 243
B Theoretical Concepts for EDI Adoption, Use and Impact 245
C Interorganisational Standards Connections 252
List of Figures 255
List of Tables 257
Abbreviations 259
References 265
Index 289
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