Organizational Assimilation of Web Services Technology: A Research Framework |
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Authors: | Narasimha Bolloju Efraim Turban |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Information Systems City , University of Hong Kong;2. Pacific Institute for Information System Management, College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii |
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Abstract: | Web services is an extremely promising technology that has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of information systems. Web services facilitates vendor-, platform-, and language-independent, loosely coupled, inexpensive integration of both internal and external systems. Although there is a general agreement that Web services will have a significant impact on applications of information technology in organizations, there is a disagreement regarding the speed and spread of assimilation due to a multitude of inhibitors. In this article, we identify 3 areas of assimilation of Web services in organizations: information systems departmental assimilation, intraorganizational assimilation, and interorganizational assimilation. We propose a research framework for investigating various issues related to organizational assimilation of Web services. In addition, we developed a projection of the assimilation patterns for the 3 areas of organizational assimilation of Web services. Based on the proposed framework, we outline a research agenda on the organizational assimilation of Web services. |
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Keywords: | enterprise systems integration research framework organizational assimilation Web services service-oriented architectures |
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