Key success factors for late adopters of inter-organisational systems: a non-technical perspective from Irish organisations

Author

Finnegan, Pat ; Golden, William

Author_Institution

Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

3-6 Jan 1996

Firstpage

377

Abstract

Research has shown that EDI and other forms of inter-organisational systems (IOS) are underdeveloped in Europe compared to the USA. Currently most discussions of IOS implementation emphasise technical considerations and pay only scant attention to other factors that affect IOS success. This paper reviews the IOS implementation and operational experience of five Irish organisations, and examines environmental, organisational and implementation issues in an effort to determine their effect on IOS success. The results are presented as five questions that IOS implementators should ask themselves before embarking on such a project

Keywords

business data processing; electronic data interchange; management of change; office automation; project management; EDI; Europe; Irish organisations; USA; environmental issues; interorganisational systems; project management; success factors; system implementation; technical considerations; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Consumer electronics; Data handling; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Environmental economics; Europe; Physics computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7324-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1996.495360

Filename

495360