The impact of board interlocks on the diffusion of enterprise resource planning systems. (13th November 2007)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pellerin, Robert; Leger, Pierre-Majorique; Babin, Gilbert
• Is Part Of: International journal of networking and virtual organisations. Volume 4:Number 4(2007)
• Page Start: 402
• Page End: 412
• Publication Date: 2007-11-13
• Subjects: enterprise resource planning -- ERP diffusion -- board interlocks -- interlocked networks -- Canada -- board of directors; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Information networks -- Periodicals; Virtual corporations -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; Management -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 004.65
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-9503

Abstract

This paper is intended to investigate the extent to which board interlocks contribute to the diffusion of ERP technologies in an interlocked network. Controlling for size, we investigate the effect of two network characteristics on the adoption decision of enterprise systems by organisations: the exposure of a firm to other adopters and the centrality of a firm within an interlocked network. In order to test our models, we gathered board members data of the top 1000 Canadian public firms and recorded adoption decisions within this network through the analysis of ERP announcements using keywords co-location. Our research findings suggest evidence of the diffusion of ERP technologies in interlocked networks.