Abstract
Information sharing between actors working in different institutions, is proposed by much literature to improve aspects of both intra- and interinstitutional performance. However, it is unclear from the literature what exactly information sharing is and why it is important to institutional performance. This paper seeks to deconstruct the concept of information sharing, particularly within aspects of the supply chain. We shall argue that the central problem with the concept of information sharing is that it relies on a notion of information as stuff that can be manipulated, transmitted, and used in an unproblematic manner between organizations. We wish to question conventional notions of this construct by examining and analyzing a case of information sharing, applicable within an international supply chain, as well as several problems experienced with such sharing. Through deconstructing this case we demonstrate how certain perceived problems in information sharing are better conceptualized as breakdowns in the interinstitutional scaffolding of data structures.
Recommended Citation
Beynon-Davies, Paul and Wang, Yingli
(2019)
"Deconstructing Information Sharing,"
Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 20(4), .
DOI: 10.17705/1.jais.00541
Available at:
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol20/iss4/1
DOI
10.17705/1.jais.00541
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