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EDI and business network redesign: why the two don't go together
Author(s) -
Spinardi Graham,
Graham Ian,
Williams Robin
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1996.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - newspaper , vision , newsprint , business , electronic data interchange , publishing , business process reengineering , advertising , industrial organization , marketing , commerce , computer science , engineering , world wide web , sociology , political science , cellulose , chemical engineering , lean manufacturing , anthropology , law
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for communication between different corporate computer systems was expected to transform relationships between firms. However, this detailed study of three sectors of the UK publishing industry—the book trade; the magazine and newspaper trade; and newsprint supply to newspapers—found that EDI developed in a slow and incremental manner. This calls into question the radical visions of proponents of business network redesign.