Inter-Organizational Information Systems and Business Management: Theories for Researchers

Various organizational theories have been developed to explain behaviors and activities within organizations when adopting or using information systems.

Inter-Organizational Information Systems and Business Management: Theories for Researchers highlights the most influential organizational theories and their applications in Inter-Organizational Information Systems. It also provides a vital resource for all business and IT professionals from executive managers to information professionals, as this book is based on theories that have been consistently tested and proven to be valid over time. With failure as an acute possibility when implementing any information system, theories that form meaningful conclusions and assist with the understanding of underlying causes of phenomena, as explored in the peer review chapters of this book, are a necessary first step toward success.

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

• Actor-Network Theory
• Bounded Rationality Theory
• Evolution of Inter-Organizational Information Systems
• Feral systems
• Inter-Organizational Information Systems
• Models of Purchasing Behavior in Internet Shopping
• Risk-Based Analysis of Business Case Development for Offshore Outsourcing
• Sociotechnical Theories for Implementation Of Clinical Information Systems
• The Theory of Constraints
• Transaction Cost Theory in Supply Chain Operations