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Oct 29 – Maximilian Schreieck to present “From Product Platform Ecosystem to Innovation Platform Ecosystem: An Institutional Perspective on the Governance of Ecosystem Transformations”

October 25, 2021 By Sezgin Ayabakan

From Product Platform Ecosystem to Innovation Platform Ecosystem: An Institutional Perspective on the Governance of Ecosystem Transformations

by

Maximilian Schreieck

Visiting Postdoc
The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
Postdoc
Krcmar Lab, Technical University of Munich

Friday, Oct 29

10:30am – 12 pm | Alter 603

Abstact:

With the advance of cloud computing, incumbent companies across different industries such as banking, insurance, and enterprise software have the opportunity to transform existing product platform ecosystems into innovation platforms ecosystems, increasing generativity in their ecosystems. This transformation is challenging because it not only entails a technological shift but also changes to the complex interactions between the ecosystem orchestrator and ecosystem actors such as partners and customers. To study how incumbent companies can govern ecosystem transformations, we interpret ecosystems as institutional fields. We analyze how incumbent companies can leverage the three institutional pillars (regulatory, normative, and cultural-cognitive) to address governance tradeoffs that arise once the transformation is triggered. In a multiyear, grounded theory study, we analyze SAP’s introduction of a cloud platform for enterprise software applications and show that the company aligned its governance approach with the three institutional pillars, iteratively increasing the legitimacy of the transformed ecosystem among partners and customers. We contribute to the literature on ecosystem transformation and platform governance by showing that a transformed ecosystem needs to gain legitimacy among ecosystem actors, a process that can be supported by the ecosystem orchestrator through governance mechanisms based on the three institutional pillars. We also highlight the potential of institutional theory as a lens for understanding dynamic changes in ecosystems and provide practical implications for incumbent companies that undergo ecosystem transformations.

Tagged With: ecosystem transformations, innovation platforms ecosystems, Institutional Theory, platform governance, platforms, product platform ecosystems

September 14 – Andrew Burton-Jones to Present “Evaluating Digital Transformation in Healthcare: An Institutional Theory Perspective”

September 5, 2018 By Jing Gong

Evaluating Digital Transformation in Healthcare: An Institutional Theory Perspective

by

Andrew Burton-Jones

Professor of Business Information Systems

UQ Business School, University of Queensland

Friday, September 14, 2018

10:30 AM – noon

Speakman Hall Suite 200

 

Abstract

Like many other industries, the global health sector is engaged in significant digital transformation. Given the major investments, and the major consequences for numerous stakeholders, evaluations are important. However, many studies have critiqued both the quality of evaluations and the quality of evaluation research. The persistent lack of progress in this field has led researchers to ask deeper questions about what is actually occurring when teams attempt to measure the benefits of digital transformation. This translational research essay explores how Institutional Theory offers a useful lens for understanding the complexities of evaluation and provides insights for improving research and practice. In particular, we show how Institutional Theory can explain numerous behaviors observed in the literature and in our own case study. We also show how Institutional Theory can benefit from the insights observed in evaluation work. Motivated by these opportunities, we suggest a research agenda through which practitioners and researchers can improve work in this area.

Bio

Andrew Burton-Jones is a Professor of Business Information Systems at the UQ Business School, University of Queensland. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and Masters of Information Systems from the University of Queensland and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University. He is a Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly has served on the Editorial Boards of MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information & Organization, and other journals. He has also served as Program Co-Chair for AMCIS and PACIS, and has received several awards for his research, teaching, and service. He conducts research on systems analysis and design, the effective use of information systems, and conceptual/methodological issues. Prior to his academic career, he was a senior consultant in a big-4 accounting/consulting firm.

Tagged With: Andrew Burton-Jones, Digital Transformation, Healthcare, Institutional Theory, University of Queensland

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