Electronic Markets, Hierarchies, Hubs, and Intermediaries

摘要: The impact of information technologies on organizations is difficult to predict, although critical for developing comprehensive organizational strategies. Much the difficulty traceable treatment all as a single factor, when in fact different may have drastically impacts organization. Specifically, distinction between two general classes technologies, communication and processing studied. An analytical model developed show that these exactly opposite Moreover, also depends organization, its existing structure. Communication intensive structures are distinguished they shown be impacted differently by technologies. framework continuum structures, depending their relative intensity, effect various move organization along continuum. opposing directions. Finally, robust valid under wide variety conditions, covering most real life organizations.