Inter-Organizational Information Systems in the Internet Age

Stefan KleinUniversity College Dublin, Ireland

Kai RiemerUniversity of Muenster, Germany

Marcel GogolinUniversity of Muenster, Germany

Angeliki PoulymenakouAthens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Dimitris Papakiriakopoulos Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Athanasios NikasAthens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Abstract

Inter-organizational information systems (IOIS) are information systems (ISs) embedded or deployed in inter-organizational relations. Predominantly, these inter-organizational relations can be qualified as interfirm networks. In order to understand the specific challenges of designing and running ISs in an inter-organizational setting, we will use and expand the notion of information management, which focuses on the information and systems dimensions of IOIS, and we will use a framework which structures and classifies network management issues. While network information management (NIM) primarily addresses managerial issues of IOISs, it does so in the broader context of network management.