A MULTIDIMENSIONAL VIEW OF EDI: TESTING THE VALUE OF EDI PARTICIPATION TO FIRMS
提出EDI参与强度是一个包含范围、宽度和深度的多维概念，并检验其对企业价值的影响，适合研究信息技术价值或供应链管理的学者参考。
The percentage of trading partners with whom firms share information via electronic data interchange (EDI) was the single measurement for past studies. This paper argues that the intensity of EDI participation is a multidimensional concept incorporating 1. range, the percentage of trading partners with whom a firm shares information. 2. width, the extent to which a firm used EDI. 3. depth, the percentage of data processing done via EDI relative to manually. The level of EDI participation will affect the value of EDI.