Title
A Legitimacy Challenge of a Cross-Cultural Interorganizational Information System
Abstract
This paper studies the adoption and diffusion of a cross-cultural Interorganizational Information System (IOS), which is used to streamline the processing of financial transactions between European investment fund companies and Taiwanese banks. Drawing from institutional and organizational legitimacy theory, we argue that the adoption and implementation of technological innovation is contingent upon its alignment with three institutional pillars in different countries and the deployment of legitimation strategies by stakeholders. Departing from classical innovation diffusion theory, our empirical investigation reveals that the implementation of a cross-cultural IOS is a dynamic process involving the recognition, understanding, and management of the regulative, normative, and cognitive challenges arising in two different institutional settings. This paper contributes to the growing body of research that highlights the significance of social and institutional influences on the adoption of IOS in a global environment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1057/ejis.2014.33
European Journal of Information Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Interorganizational Information System (IOS), institutional theory, cross-cultural study, interpretive case study
Information system,Management information systems,Economics,Institutional theory,Accounting information system,Legitimation,Investment fund,Knowledge management,Legitimacy,Strategic information system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
3
1476-9344
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.39
40
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carol Hsu13410.19
Yu-Tzu Lin23711.11
Tawei Wang35810.39