The impact of corporate information technology infrastructure standards on enterprise and business unit in use

The need for corporate information technology (IT) standards is increasingly recognized as critical to maintaining compatibility among diverse organizational platforms and for maintaining control over escalating IT costs (Scott Morton 1991; Violino 1995; Weill 1993). Keen (1991) also notes the role of technology standards as important mechanisms in building enabling IT infrastructures. In spite of the considerable attention given to the importance of standards, empirical work that addresses their organizational impacts has been sparse.