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View article: Responding to platform owner moves: A 14‐year qualitative study of four enterprise software complementors
Responding to platform owner moves: A 14‐year qualitative study of four enterprise software complementors Open
Integrating the competition and the cooperation perspectives on value co‐creation in platform ecosystems, this study explores complementor responses to platform owner moves that adversely affect the complementor's positioning. Our primary …
View article: How deadline orientation and architectural modularity influence software quality and job satisfaction
How deadline orientation and architectural modularity influence software quality and job satisfaction Open
The implementation of digital transformation programs requires careful allocation of software developers to a variety of digital products and services with different levels of modularity. This paper investigates how deadline orientation (a…
View article: Effects of Customer Compensation on Justice Perceptions: A Longitudinal Study of Target’s Data Breach
Effects of Customer Compensation on Justice Perceptions: A Longitudinal Study of Target’s Data Breach Open
Data breaches are a major threat to organizations from both financial and customer relations perspectives. We developed a nomological network linking post-breach compensation strategies to key outcomes, namely continued shopping intentions…
View article: “The Second Vice is Lying, the First is Running into Debt.” Antecedents and Mitigating Practices of Social Debt: an Exploratory Study in Distributed Software Development Teams
“The Second Vice is Lying, the First is Running into Debt.” Antecedents and Mitigating Practices of Social Debt: an Exploratory Study in Distributed Software Development Teams Open
Although much is known about the concept of technical debt in software development, less is known about its social counterpart, also known as social debt. Social debt refers to future consequences of decisions related to people and their i…
View article: Why do complementors participate? : an empirical analysis of the emergence of partnership networks in the enterprise application software industry
Why do complementors participate? : an empirical analysis of the emergence of partnership networks in the enterprise application software industry Open
The enterprise application software industry is currently undergoing profound changes. The well-established, large providers (hubs) are fostering partner networks with small complementors (spokes). This paper takes the perspective of these…
View article: Shifting to the Cloud – How SAP’s Partners Cope with the Change
Shifting to the Cloud – How SAP’s Partners Cope with the Change Open
With the advance of cloud technology, enterprise software vendors have introduced software platforms to facilitate third-party contributions to their ecosys-tems. This shift towards cloud-based software plat-forms affects ecosystem partner…
View article: Artificial Intelligence and IT Professionals
Artificial Intelligence and IT Professionals Open
How will continuing developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning influence IT professionals? This article approaches this question by identifying the factors that influence the demand for software developers and IT pro…
View article: Knowledge boundaries in enterprise software platform development: Antecedents and consequences for platform governance
Knowledge boundaries in enterprise software platform development: Antecedents and consequences for platform governance Open
The widespread uptake of platform strategies turns many vendors of enterprise software into curators of an ecosystem of firms that collaboratively develop and commercialize a shared technology. As a platform owner's effectiveness in integr…
View article: Does Platform Owner's Entry Crowd Out Innovation? Evidence from Google Photos
Does Platform Owner's Entry Crowd Out Innovation? Evidence from Google Photos Open
We study how platform owners’ decision to enter complementary markets affects innovation in the ecosystem surrounding the platform. Despite heated debates on the behavior of platform owners toward complementors, relatively little is known …
View article: Managing the Technology Acquisition Integration Paradox at SAP
Managing the Technology Acquisition Integration Paradox at SAP Open
In this paper, we report on a novel approach developed by SAP AG, the German\nenterprise software company, for managing the integration of acquisitions of\ncompanies to access innovative technologies and related capabilities: the Product\n…
View article: Complementarity, Relation-Specific Investment, and Opportunism: Explaining Asymmetric Governance Modes in Hub-and-Spoke Networks within the Enterprise Application Software Industry
Complementarity, Relation-Specific Investment, and Opportunism: Explaining Asymmetric Governance Modes in Hub-and-Spoke Networks within the Enterprise Application Software Industry Open
In the enterprise application software industry, dominant system vendors (hubs) have formed strategic partnerships with small software companies (spokes), resulting in the emergence of hub-and-spoke networks. Based upon the concept of soft…