Inter-Organizational Information Systems and Strategic Alliances: Symbiosis or Competition?

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Author(s): Sebastián Bruque-Camara (University of Jaen, Spain)and José Moyano-Fuentes (University of Jaen, Spain)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 17
Source title: Utilizing Information Technology in Developing Strategic Alliances Among Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Salustiano Martínez-Fierro (University of Cádiz, Spain), Jose-Aurelio Medina-Garrido (University of Cádiz, Spain)and Jose Ruiz-Navarro (University of Cádiz, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-893-2.ch007

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Information Systems / Business Science Reference / Global Business

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In this chapter we analyze the relationships between the structures of inter-organizational information systems (IOS) and strategic alliances. The relationships between both structures tends to be framed within a collaborative dynamic in which the IOS serves the objectives of the alliance, thereby reinforcing the links that bind the alliance members together. However, in this chapter we also suggest that there may be a non-collaborative—that is, competitive—relationship between the IOS and the strategic alliance, especially when both structures compete for firms fromthe same sector and geographical area. To test our hypotheses we have analyzed a sample of 162 firms belonging to the agro-food sector in Spain.

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