Resumé
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Information Systems Journal |
Vol/bind | 28 |
Udgave nummer | 2 |
Sider (fra-til) | 408-438 |
Antal sider | 31 |
ISSN | 1350-1917 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - mar. 2018 |
Bibliografisk note
Published online: 14. August 2017Emneord
- Activity theory
- Containerized shipping
- Information infrastructures
- Knotworking
- Runaway object
- Mycorrhizae
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Avocados Crossing Borders : The Problem of Runaway Objects and the Solution of a Shipping Information Pipeline for Improving International Trade. / Jensen, Thomas; Vatrapu, Ravi; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels.
I: Information Systems Journal, Bind 28, Nr. 2, 03.2018, s. 408-438.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Avocados Crossing Borders
T2 - The Problem of Runaway Objects and the Solution of a Shipping Information Pipeline for Improving International Trade
AU - Jensen, Thomas
AU - Vatrapu, Ravi
AU - Bjørn-Andersen, Niels
N1 - Published online: 14. august 2017
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - This paper investigates the case of shipments of containers with avocados from farmers in Africa to grocery store shelves in the European Union. We find 3 predominant challenges to containerized shipping that effectively become trade barriers: international trade cost, lead time uncertainty, and security risks. We use activity theory to describe, understand, and analyze the shipping activity in the international trade ecosystem with focus on physical objects and their related information. We find that the shipment becomes problematic and can be characterized as a runaway object in the heterogeneous and multiple organizational setting of international trade. Our analysis of shipping reveals (1) inefficient collaboration across loosely coupled activity systems and (2) fragmented information infrastructures. We propose the solution of Shipping Information Pipeline, a shared information infrastructure, thus facilitating collaboration in containerized shipping and contributing to lowering trade barriers. Shipping Information Pipeline can significantly improve containerized shipping resulting in estimated potential benefits of up to 4.7% growth in global GDP.
AB - This paper investigates the case of shipments of containers with avocados from farmers in Africa to grocery store shelves in the European Union. We find 3 predominant challenges to containerized shipping that effectively become trade barriers: international trade cost, lead time uncertainty, and security risks. We use activity theory to describe, understand, and analyze the shipping activity in the international trade ecosystem with focus on physical objects and their related information. We find that the shipment becomes problematic and can be characterized as a runaway object in the heterogeneous and multiple organizational setting of international trade. Our analysis of shipping reveals (1) inefficient collaboration across loosely coupled activity systems and (2) fragmented information infrastructures. We propose the solution of Shipping Information Pipeline, a shared information infrastructure, thus facilitating collaboration in containerized shipping and contributing to lowering trade barriers. Shipping Information Pipeline can significantly improve containerized shipping resulting in estimated potential benefits of up to 4.7% growth in global GDP.
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KW - Information infrastructures
KW - Knotworking
KW - Runaway object
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KW - Containerized shipping
KW - Information infrastructures
KW - Knotworking
KW - Runaway object
KW - Mycorrhizae
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