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A Business Ecosystem Perspective on Open Platforms and Outsourcing Relationships: A Software Industry Case Study

In: Information Systems Outsourcing

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  • Michael D. Frutiger

    (Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Sandra A. Slaughter

    (Ernest Scheller Jr. College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Sridhar Narasimhan

    (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the business ecosystem concept as a lens to explore how the introduction of an open platform may affect outsourcing relationships in a software industry. The case of a recent military initiative to introduce the F.A.C.E.TM (Future Airborne Capability Environment) open platform as a mechanism to control avionics software costs by increasing the re-use of software is used to illustrate changes to the software outsourcing ecosystem. As a consequence this work then lays the foundation for a detailed investigation of the predicted implications both in general and for the specific context studied, as well as illustrating the value of an ecosystem perspective for evaluating the impact of an open platform on outsourcing relationships in other industries.

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  • Michael D. Frutiger & Sandra A. Slaughter & Sridhar Narasimhan, 2014. "A Business Ecosystem Perspective on Open Platforms and Outsourcing Relationships: A Software Industry Case Study," Progress in IS, in: Rudy Hirschheim & Armin Heinzl & Jens Dibbern (ed.), Information Systems Outsourcing, edition 4, pages 501-515, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prochp:978-3-662-43820-6_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-43820-6_20
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    Cited by:

    1. Malgorzata Pankowska, 2019. "Information Technology Outsourcing Chain: Literature Review and Implications for Development of Distributed Coordination," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-28, March.

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