Drivers and outcomes of open-standard interorganizational information systems assimilation in high-technology supply chains

Significance Major Japanese and South Korean conglomerates are driving adoption of automated manufacturing, digitalisation of supply chains and other technologies critical to the region’s competitiveness. However, the pandemic forced many investors, especially mid-sized firms, to refocus on Asian markets. Increasingly, Latin America’s investment climate will be shaped by growing US-China rivalries. Impacts Investment from Japanese and Korean companies is critical for the region’s competitiveness in increasingly digitalised global value chains. Smaller economies risk missing out on the benefits of high-technology investment from Japan and Korea, concentrated in Brazil and Mexico. US efforts to try to decouple global value chains from China have sparked interest in investing in the region, but to date lack substance.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Green Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch111 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 136-152

Author(s):

Iskra Dukovska-Popovska ◽

Malcolm Bertoni ◽

Hans-Henrik Hvolby ◽

Paul Turner ◽

Kenn Steger-Jensen

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Information Systems ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Environmental Drivers ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Green Logistics ◽

Chain Management ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain Management ◽

Efficiency Cost

Integrating environmental considerations into supply-chain management has become an increasingly important issue for industry, government and academic researchers. Supply chain managers are being required to respond to the challenges of new legislation, standards and regulations; changing customer demands; drivers for efficiency, cost effectiveness and return on investment; while simultaneously being ‘green’. The fundamental tension between business and environmental drivers is difficult, but critical to understanding how to effectively re-engineer and re-design existing supply chains in a manner that is sustainable both financially and environmentally. Information systems have a significant role to play in supporting corporate responses to environmental management and the development of holistic green logistic solutions. This chapter examines contemporary discussions on the current state of sustainable supply-chain management and green logistics. It presents a case study from the Fujitsu Corporation in Japan and explores models of information systems and RFID use in green logistics. Combining insights from the case and existing models the chapter explores an example of how a combined model can be used to explore the potential of a specific emerging technology (RFIDs) in ‘greening’ supply chains.

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Motivators for IOS Adoption in Denmark

Global Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch079 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1044-1056

Author(s):

Helle Zinner Henriksen

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Business Associations ◽

Interorganizational Information Systems ◽

Organizational Adoption ◽

Information Campaigns ◽

Adoption Of Innovations ◽

Machinery Industry ◽

Organizational Attributes ◽

Massive Information

Organizational adoption of innovations does not always follow easily comprehendible patterns. This is often the case with interorganizational information systems (IOS), where adoption is dependent on attributes related both to the organization and to its environment. The present study operationalizes the Tornatzky and Fleischer (1990) model for organizational adoption in order to investigate reasons for adoption and non-adoption among businesses in the Danish steel and machinery industry. This particular industry segment had been subject to massive information campaigns focusing on the benefits of IOS in the form of EDI from business associations. The study suggests that environmental and organizational attributes rather than technological attributes are the main determining forces for adoption of EDI.

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Interorganizational innovations through interorganizational information systems

E-Commerce and V-Business ◽

10.1016/b978-0-7506-6493-6.50012-5 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 201-218

Author(s):

F LI

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Interorganizational Information Systems

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Motivators for IOS Adoption in Denmark

Advances in Electronic Commerce - Web Technologies for Commerce and Services Online ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-822-2.ch017 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 311-324

Author(s):

Helle Zinner Henriksen

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Business Associations ◽

Interorganizational Information Systems ◽

Organizational Adoption ◽

Information Campaigns ◽

Adoption Of Innovations ◽

Machinery Industry ◽

Organizational Attributes ◽

Massive Information

Organizational adoption of innovations does not always follow easily comprehendible patterns. This is often the case with interorganizational information systems (IOS), where adoption is dependent on attributes related both to the organization and its environment. The present study operationalizes the Tornatzky and Fleischer (1990) model for organizational adoption in order to investigate reasons for adoption and non-adoption among businesses in the Danish steel and machinery industry. This particular industry segment had been subject to massive information campaigns focusing on the benefits of IOS in the form of EDI from business associations. The study suggests that environmental and organizational attributes rather than technological attributes are the main determining forces for adoption of EDI.

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