ICIS: International Conference on Information Systems 2007 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007   Permanent link to this post

I am writing this from the lobby of the good but not "fairmont good" - Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada - the venue for ICIS 2007. I presented my paper on Information Sharing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) use in supply chains. The paper was received very well - I had more than 60 people in attendance - standing room only. Here is the paper's abstract. Full paper is available from the conference proceedings - if you want the full paper but can't find the proceedings - drop a comment/email and I will send you one. The paper was nominated for the best paper award at ICIS.

SOA and Information Sharing in Supply Chain: “How” Information is Shared Matters!

Abstract
We empirically analyze the impact of SOA adoption on performance benefits of information sharing in supply chains using a dataset of 305 large US firms. We show that complexity and transparency of information sharing process significantly impact performance. Information sharing complexity has a negative effect while transparency has a positive effect. We also demonstrate that SOA adoption is successful in mitigating the negative effects of process complexity. Interestingly, SOA adoption also leads to reduction in performance benefits of information sharing transparency. We contribute to business value of IT research by providing empirical evidence of business value of SOA. We show that both “what” information is shared and “how” it is shared affect performance and they interact differently with SOA adoption. Our results emphasize the interaction between process characteristics and technology architecture and provide directions for managers to orchestrate information sharing processes in supply chains and leverage SOA for optimal performance.

This also happens to be the year that I am in the job market - that means a lot of interviews. So this was a busy conference - busy but successful.

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