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Authors: Kai Reimers 1 and Mingzhi Li 2

Affiliations: 1 Faculty of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany ; 2 School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, China

Keyword(s): Electronic commerce, pharmaceutical industry, transaction costs, institutional change.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics: Biomedical Engineering ; e-Commerce in the Health Sector ; Health Information Systems

Abstract: In this paper, we describe the introduction of electronic commerce into the drug distribution industry in China. This case is especially interesting because massive institutional changes coincide with the introduction of a new technology. For these reasons, it becomes possible to study the interaction of technological and institutional change in real time and in their real-life context. We use two alternative transaction cost-theoretic perspectives on the interaction between institutional and technological change as our theoretical framework. The case study suggests that the rationale which motivates introduction of a new technology in the context of institutional change may be different from the rationale which underlies the practices which develop on the basis on the newly introduced systems and institutions.

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Paper citation in several formats:
Reimers, K. and Li, M. (2008). INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM IN CHINA’S PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION CHAIN - A Transaction Cost Perspective. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Health Informatics (BIOSTEC 2008) - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-8111-16-6; ISSN 2184-4305, SciTePress, pages 3-12. DOI: 10.5220/0001037900030012

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title={INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM IN CHINA’S PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION CHAIN - A Transaction Cost Perspective},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Health Informatics (BIOSTEC 2008) - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2008},
pages={3-12},
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doi={10.5220/0001037900030012},
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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Health Informatics (BIOSTEC 2008) - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM IN CHINA’S PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION CHAIN - A Transaction Cost Perspective
SN - 978-989-8111-16-6
IS - 2184-4305
AU - Reimers, K.
AU - Li, M.
PY - 2008
SP - 3
EP - 12
DO - 10.5220/0001037900030012
PB - SciTePress

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