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Achieving Standardization: Learning from Harmonization Efforts in E-Customs

Achieving Standardization: Learning from Harmonization Efforts in E-Customs

Stefan Henningsson
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466698147|ISBN10: 1466698144|EISBN13: 9781466698154
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch008
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Henningsson, Stefan. "Achieving Standardization: Learning from Harmonization Efforts in E-Customs." International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 151-166. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch008

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Henningsson, S. (2016). Achieving Standardization: Learning from Harmonization Efforts in E-Customs. In I. Management Association (Ed.), International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 151-166). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch008

Chicago

Henningsson, Stefan. "Achieving Standardization: Learning from Harmonization Efforts in E-Customs." In International Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 151-166. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch008

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Abstract

International e-Customs is going through a standardization process. Driven by the need to increase control in the trade process to address security challenges stemming from threats of terrorists, diseases, and counterfeit products, and to lower the administrative burdens on traders to stay competitive, national customs and regional economic organizations are seeking to establish a standardized solution for digital reporting of customs data. However, standardization has proven hard to achieve in the socio-technical e-Customs solution. In this chapter, the authors identify and describe what has to be harmonized in order for a global company to perceive e-Customs as standardized. In doing so, they contribute an explanation of the challenges associated with using a standardization mechanism for harmonizing socio-technical information systems.

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