Electronic Data Interchange Usage in China's Book Retail Firms

摘要

With Chinese government promoting the usage of electronic data interchange (EDI) in book retail firms, EDI usage become more and more popular. However, little research has described the current status of EDI usage in these firms. This study investigates the extent of EDI usage in Chiness book retail firms along four dimensions; Prevalence of EDI use, place of EDI use, partner of EDI use and degree of EDI use.The results from 133 hospitals show that EDI usage is in its very early stages.