The adoption and use of IOS’s by organizations has proved to be difficult and complicated due to a number of reasons. Accordingly, IOS research has been distributed into multiple streams. This paper discusses four widely used theoretical perspectives and the IOS literature related to each perspective. The perspectives are transaction cost economics, incomplete contracts theory, adoption theory ...

This paper explores the environment alteration property of interorganizational systems. Propositions about the relationships between environmental characteristics and IOS use are derived from the Resource Dependence theory. Acknowledgments The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Izak Benbasat, Albert Dexter and Nancy Langton, all of the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administrati...

We investigated the basic characteristics of indirect arterial blood pressure (ABP) measurement using a device that combines oscillometry and photoplethysmography in cats. Dobutamine was infused intravenously in four anesthetized cats. Direct ABP was measured by a catheter. Indirect ABP was measured from the left forelimb. Dobutamine significantly elevated both systolic arterial pressure (SAP) ...

Implementing an effective inter-organizational system (IOS) requires significant organizational as well as technical changes. These will affect stakeholders with varying degrees of power and with varying degrees of interest in the system – yet promoters depend on them if the project is to succeed. Identifying stakeholders and understanding their attitudes enables promoters to manage implementat...