Understanding the "Boundary" in Information Sharing and Integration

Author

Lei Zheng ; Tung-Mou Yang ; Pardo, T. ; Yuanfu Jiang

Author_Institution

Rockefeller Coll. of Public Affairs & Policy, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY

fYear

2009

fDate

5-8 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

The definition of "boundary" in the context of multi-organizational information sharing and integration initiatives is developed in the paper. Both current literature and a case study of the product safety inspection environment are used to drive the development of a dual-directional, multi-dimensional and non-linear framework for understanding the meaning of "boundary". The two directions are the vertical and horizontal directions and the multi-dimensions include organizational, geographic, personal, development phase, and process. The framework can be used both as a theoretical model for researchers and a comprehensive analytic tool for practitioners.

Keywords

information management; organisational aspects; public information systems; multiorganizational information integration; multiorganizational information sharing; product safety inspection environment; Collaboration; Communications technology; Complex networks; Educational institutions; Electronic government; Informatics; Inspection; Multidimensional systems; Paper technology; Product safety;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2009. HICSS '09. 42nd Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Big Island, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3450-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2009.481

Filename

4755548