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Electronic Data Interchange: Research Review and Future Directions *
Author(s) -
Narayanan Sriram,
Marucheck Ann S.,
Handfield Robert B.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2008.00218.x
Subject(s) - electronic data interchange , computer science , order (exchange) , supply chain , set (abstract data type) , field (mathematics) , knowledge management , empirical research , supply chain management , management science , process management , business , data science , marketing , database , economics , philosophy , mathematics , finance , epistemology , pure mathematics , programming language
For nearly two decades, electronic data interchange (EDI) has been widely viewed as a technology pivotal to supply chain management that has also provided benefits to firms on multiple levels. Despite a substantial body of literature, there are a number of conflicting and inconclusive research results in this field. In this study, we synthesize the diverse body of research in EDI by organizing the literature into an initial theoretical framework. Based on a meta‐analysis of results from the empirical literature, we seek to clarify conflicting results from the literature in order to develop a more unified theoretical framework of contextual variables associated with EDI adoption factors and outcomes. From a managerial standpoint, our literature‐based framework offers a set of guidelines for making successful EDI adoption and implementation decisions.