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Dynamics of Governance and Control in Inter-Organizational Software Development

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Dynamics of Governance and Control in Inter-Organizational Software Development (English shop)

Thomas Huber (Author)

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ISBN-13 (Hard Copy) 9783954046768
ISBN-13 (eBook) 9783736946767
Language English
Page Number 204
Edition 1. Aufl.
Publication Place Göttingen
Place of Dissertation Bern
Publication Date 2014-04-01
General Categorization Dissertation
Departments Informatics
Keywords Governance, Contractual Governance, Relational Governance, Control, Formal Control, Informal Control, Trust, Contract, IS Outsourcing, Platform Ecosystems, Inter-Organizational Software Development
Description

In recent years, development of information systems (IS) has rapidly changed towards increasing division of labor between firms. Two trends are emerging. First, client companies increasingly outsource software development to external service providers. Second, the formerly oligopolistic enterprise application software industry has started to disintegrate into focal partnership networks – so called platform ecosystems. Despite the increasing prominence of IS outsourcing and platform ecosystems, many of these inter-organizational partnerships fail to achieve expected benefits. Ineffective governance and control frequently plays a pivotal role in producing these failures. While designing effective governance and control mechanisms is always challenging, inter-organizational software development projects are often business-critical and exhibit additional dynamics and uncertainty. As a consequence governance and control have to be adapted over time. The three research projects included in this book provide a better understanding of how and why governance and control can be effectively adapted over time. The implications for successful management of inter-organizational software development projects are highly relevant for theory and practice.