Geographical study of acceptance process of ICT

本研究概括了信息通信技术（ICT）在特定地区的接受情况。通过分析日本、发达国家欧洲和发展中国家中国的医药供应链现状，将日本的医药供应链进行了相对化分析。本研究关注信息通信技术的接受过程，并证明信息通信技术的配置是由区域背景决定的，如制度环境，包括国家或地区政策和基于客户特征的交易形式。

This study generalizes how Information and Communication Technology(ICT) is accepted in specific region. Japanese pharmaceutical supply chain is relativized with an analysis of the situation in the pharmaceutical supply chain in Japan, Europe, which are developed countries, and China, which is one of the developing countries. The present study focuses on the acceptance process of ICT and demonstrates that configuration of ICT is determined by the regional contexts such as institutional environment including national or regional policy and transaction form based on customer characteristics.