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Innovating in a Learning Community Emergence of an Open Information Infrastructure in China's Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry /

How do firms jointly develop open information infrastructures? To answer this question, this book draws on the results of a longitudinal research project covering the development of the pharmaceutical distribution industry in China from 2004 to 2012, focusing on the emergence and subsequent evolutio...

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Main Authors: Reimers, Kai. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Guo, Xunhua. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Li, Mingzhi. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Xie, Bin. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Zhang, Tiantian. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Digital Spaces,
Subjects:
Information technology.
Business—Data processing.
Health economics.
Pharmacy.
Health informatics.
Production management.
Management.
Industrial management.
IT in Business.
Health Economics.
Health Informatics.
Operations Management.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05098-0
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A Simple Theoretical Framework
  • Method
  • Historical Context and Precedents
  • Summary of Data Analysis
  • Findings
  • Theoretical Implications
  • Extensions
  • Answering the Research Question
  • Managerial Implications
  • Limitations
  • Appendix I: Data Synthesis
  • Appendix II: Development of Electronic Patient Records and Drug Tracking Technologies in China.

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