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Offerings That are “Ever-in-the-Making”

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  • Julian Lehmann

    (VU Amsterdam)

  • Jan Recker

    (University of Hamburg)

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Digital ventures are entrepreneurial young firms that introduce new digital artifacts that are “ever-incomplete” and “perpetually-in-the-making” onto the market. The study examines how six digital ventures continued to develop their digital market offerings post launch. Three key designing mechanisms are identified that explain continuous post-launch product development in digital ventures: deploying complementary digital objects, architectural amplification, and porting. The study discusses how these mechanisms advance our understanding of how digital technologies change entrepreneurial processes and outcomes.

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  • Julian Lehmann & Jan Recker, 2022. "Offerings That are “Ever-in-the-Making”," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 64(1), pages 69-89, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:binfse:v:64:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s12599-021-00730-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s12599-021-00730-y
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