Organizational determinants of IT adoption in the pharmaceutical distribution sector

Sebastián Bruque-Cámara, Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez and M. Jesús Hernández-Ortiz

European Journal of Information Systems, 2004, vol. 13, issue 2, 133-146

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose new organizational factors that might explain the differences in the extent and the speed of IT adoption. With this in mind, we carried out an analysis of 16 cases in the pharmaceutical distribution sector in Spain. The results indicate that there are certain intangible assets that favour the introduction and development of IT. Among these are a frank and fluid communication between departments and members of the organization, low levels of conflict, the explicit support of top management towards IT adoption and learning and creative skills of IT-staff. In addition to these factors, we found others that we propose as catalysts of IT adoption. Among these we might mention the special relationship between the member-clients and the company in the case of cooperative firms.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000490

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