The political economy of information exchange politics and property rights in the development and use of interorganizational information systems

Interorganizational information systems are information systems that cross organizational boundaries. Information managers and system developers often assume that the more integrated these information systems are, the more successful the system will be. Such an assumption is indeed intuitively appealing, and, from a technological standpoint, readily understandable. In practice, development and use of integrated information systems that cross organizational boundaries often result in confusing power struggles, politicking, and sometimes manifest sabotage. Based on economic and political organization theory, this article concludes that data ownership and incentives, rather than integration, are of vital importance for the success of interorganizational information systems.

[1]  Benn R. Konsynski,et al.  Strategic Control in the Extended Enterprise , 1993, IBM Syst. J..

[2]  David K. Allen,et al.  Trust, power and interorganizational information systems: the case of the electronic trading community TransLease , 2000, Inf. Syst. J..

[3]  M. Morton,et al.  The corporation of the 1990s: Information technology and organizational transformation , 1993 .

[4]  Barrie R. Nault,et al.  Ownership and Investment in Electronic Networks , 1996, Inf. Syst. Res..

[5]  Yasmin Merali,et al.  The strategic positioning of information systems in post-acquisition management , 1993, J. Strateg. Inf. Syst..

[6]  M. Morton,et al.  Electronic data interchange: How much competitive advantage? , 1990 .

[7]  Robin S Stryker.  5. A political approach to organizations and institutions , 2002 .

[8]  John F. Rockart,et al.  Managing the data resource: a contingency perspective , 1988 .

[9]  Cma Coen Kreuwels.  Externe logistieke integratie en EDI : naar meerniveau-afstemming tussen toeleverancier en afnemer , 1994 .

[10]  F. W. Wierda,et al.  Developing interorganizational information systems , 1991 .

[11]  M. Bensaou,et al.  Interorganizational Cooperation: The Role of Information Technology an Empirical Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Supplier Relations , 1997, Inf. Syst. Res..

[12]  C. Cunningham,et al.  Electronic trading, interorganizational systems and the nature of buyer-seller relationships: The need for a network perspective , 1993 .

[13]  David Knights,et al.  Politics and Pain in Managing Information Technology: A Case Study from Insurance , 1992 .

[14]  Laurie J. Kirsch,et al.  Strategic Data Planning: Lessons From the Field , 2011, MIS Q..

[15]  Graeme G. Shanks,et al.  The challenges of strategic data planning in practice: an interpretive case study , 1997, J. Strateg. Inf. Syst..

[16]  Howard E. Aldrich,et al.  Resource Dependence and in Terorganiza Tional Relations , 1976 .

[17]  Sanford J. Grossman,et al.  The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration , 1986 .

[18]  Michael L. Tushman,et al.  A Political Approach to Organizations: A Review and Rationale , 1977 .

[19]  Erik Brynjolfsson,et al.  Information assets, technology, and organization , 1994 .

[20]  J. Pfeffer,et al.  The External Control of Organizations. , 1978 .

[21]  P. Beynon-Davies,et al.  Information management in the British national health service: The pragmatics of strategic data planning , 1994 .

[22]  Stefan Klein,et al.  The configuration of inter-organizational relations , 1996 .

[23]  Emergence of multi-actor systems: aspects of coordination, legitimacy and information management. Fundacíon COTEC para la Innovación Technologica , 1996 .

[24]  Ulf Johansson,et al.  Decision Making in Inter-firm Networks as a Political Process , 1997 .

[25]  Kuldeep Kumar,et al.  Sustainable Collaboration: Managing Conflict and Cooperation in Interorganizational Systems , 1996, MIS Q..

[26]  M. Klein.  Information politics , 1985 .

[27]  Stuart E. Madnick,et al.  Why Not One Big Database? Principles for Data Ownership , 1995, Decis. Support Syst..

[28]  C P. Holland,et al.  Co-operative Supply Chain Management: the impact of inter-organisational systems , 1995 .

[29]  Yannis Bakos,et al.  Information Links and Electronic Marketplaces: The Role of Interorganizational Information Systems in Vertical Markets , 1991, J. Manag. Inf. Syst..

[30]  Juliet Webster,et al.  Networks of collaboration or conflict? Electronic data interchange and power in the supply chain , 1995, J. Strateg. Inf. Syst..

[31]  S. Pejovich.  The Economics of Property Rights , 1990 .

[32]  O. Hart,et al.  Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm , 1988, Journal of Political Economy.

[33]  Vincent Homburg,et al.  The Political Economy of Information Management : A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Decision Making regarding Interorganizational Information Systems , 1999 .

[34]  S. Smithson,et al.  The role of EDI in inter-organizational coordination in the European automotive industry , 1996 .

[35]  F. McFarlan,et al.  Information partnerships--shared data, shared scale. , 1990, Harvard business review.

[36]  Sol Levine,et al.  Exchange as a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Interorganizational Relationships , 1961 .

[37]  W. Dugger.  Organization Theory: From Chester Barnard to the Present and Beyond , 1991 .

[38]  Linda Duxbury.  The corporation of the 1990s: Information technology and organizational transformation , 1993 .

[39]  Christopher P. Holland,et al.  Cooperative supply chain management: the impact of interorganizational information systems , 1995, J. Strateg. Inf. Syst..

[40]  J. Bakos,et al.  Interorganizational information systems in vertical markets , 1991 .

[41]  Laurie J. Kirsch,et al.  The Impact of Data Integration on the Costs and Benefits of Information Systems , 1992, MIS Q..

[42]  Oliver Hart,et al.  An Economist's Perspective on the Theory of the Firm , 1989 .

[43]  Dale Goodhue,et al.  Using interdependence as a predictor of data standards. Theoretical and measurement issues , 1995, Inf. Manag..