The impact of public policy on the diffusion and implementation of EDI: An evaluation of the TEDIS programme

Chang

First International Technology Management Conference

2011

We employ a logistic model to examine the impacts of environmental policy (emission standards and economic instruments) and plant characteristics on clean technology diffusion by using the amount of Total Suspended Particulate (TSP), Sulfer Oxide (SOx), and Nitric Oxide (NOx) emissions in 14 power plants provided by Taiwan Power Company covering the period of 1989-2006. The concentration of the pollutants emitted to air from fossil-fired power plants is modeled as the performance of technology development. The objective of this study is to investigate the determinants of technology diffusion to help generate strategic insights on environmental policy. The results show that the environmental policy by regulating emission standard provides a negative effect on technology diffusion while the 'mixed policy' (an integration of environmental standards and economic instruments) has a significantly positive effect on technology diffusion for NOx but insignificantly for TSP and SOx.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The policy impact on clean technology diffusion

Chang

First International Technology Management Conference

2011

“…The politics of ecommerce management can be significantly more complex in the public sector due to a broader range of special interests. Klein (1995) showed in an analysis of the TEDIS project that the public administrations' use of EDI represents a significant special case, observing that:…”

Section: Regulating Organizational Behavior and Diffusion Of Ictmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…However, public administrations lack the commercial pressures to seek efficiency improvements through IT innovations faced in the private sector (Klein, 1995).…”

Section: Regulating Organizational Behavior and Diffusion Of Ictmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…European Union (Klein, 1995), national level (Thong, 1999) and by business associations (Henriksen, 2000), o r b y a mix of private and public players ( K u m a r et al, 1998;Hill, 1997). C o m m o n for all these initiatives is the assumption that it is possible to control the diffusion process through different means of influence or regulation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Diffusion of e-commerce in Denmark: An analysis of institutional intervention

Henriksen¹,

Andersen²

2004

Know Techn Pol

This article analyzes the way a series of recent policy statements have been used to promote and shape the take-up of e-commerce in Denmark. Issuing periodic policy statements, with a combination of direct and indirect modes of intervention, is one of the roads governments are taking to influence the evolutions of ICT. The policy statements present the goals, launch initiatives, and assess achievements. Complementing a co-or self-regulation strategy, the policy statement approach has become particularly important in areas where governments seek to influence the take-up of a technology without appearing to tip the scales.

Social and Economic Transformation in the Digital Era

“…The result has been institutional initiatives that have aimed to support the diffusion of ICT among businesses and public agencies (e.g. Teo et al, 1997;Klein, 1995;Damsgaard and Lyytinen, 2001). The Singapore NII initiatives (Neo et al, 1995;Wong, 1996), the Malaysian Information Rich Society plan (Raman and Yap, 1996), the Japanese Super Information Highway, the Al Gore Information Highway and the European Information Society policy documents (Commission, 2001;Brousseau, 2002) are some of the major recent highlights of governmental interest in ICT.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

B2B E-Commerce Diffusion

Andersen

Henriksen

The chapter explores the role of institutional discourse on B2B e-commerce diffusion. Using the case of EDI in the Danish business environment, the analysis demonstrates a lack of active industry involvement and severe implications of the absence of large users in the policy forum for the national EDI-strategy. Government branches and business associations formulated by and large the visions and strategies without direct involvement of the successful EDI-players or companies that were the intended adopters. As a possible consequence, the EDI diffusion has evolved by the same companies exchanging still more messages and type of documents whereas the number of new companies adopting EDI has been fairly limited. The policy implications of the Danish EDI-case could be to have a more focused involvement of intended adopters of similar and future technologies that has high policy saliency.