Research on strategic planning has been handicapped by lack of an appropriate operationalizing scheme for measuring the success of planning systems. In this paper, an operational model for measuring planning system success is developed in terms of two interrelated dimensions---improvements in...

Electronic integration---a form of vertical quasi-integration achieved through the deployment of dedicated computers and communication systems between relevant actors in the adjacent stages of the value-chain---is an important concept to researchers in the information systems field since it...

We develop alternative diffusion models of two corporate governance mechanisms---joint venture and M-form organizational structure---using relevant concepts from the resource-based theory. Using data on joint venture adoption from one homogeneous industry (information technology) sector and...

We are in the midst of dealing with several operational issues on the IT agenda -- Euro, Year 2000 conversion, SAP/Oracle implementation, Intranet, Extranet and Internet applications, telecommuting and such. These are critical, time-sensitive issues but they need to be coherently organized to...

There is widespread acceptance that information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) have evolved from a traditional administrative, back-office support orientation towards a more strategic, central role within organizations. In this paper, N. Venkatraman, John Henderson and Scott Oldach...

This paper seeks to uncover dominant configurations of interorganizational relationships across the United States and Japan in the automotive industry. We integrate relevant theoretical concepts from transaction cost economics, organization theory and political economy to develop a conceptual...