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| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | København |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
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Make or buy of IT-enabled innovation : The influence of technological regimes and strategic postures. / Mahnke, Volker; Overby, Mikkel Lucas; Özcan, Serden.
København, 2004.Research output: Working paper › Research
TY - UNPB
T1 - Make or buy of IT-enabled innovation
T2 - The influence of technological regimes and strategic postures
AU - Mahnke, Volker
AU - Overby, Mikkel Lucas
AU - Özcan, Serden
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - IT-enabled innovations are of increasing importance for competitive success in most sectors today. This paper offers a novel theoretical and empirically illustrated explanation of why IT-outsourcing strategies differ between innovative first-movers, fast followers and late entrants. In particular, an analysis of three companies in the financial sector - Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investment, and Merrill Lynch - reveals that governance choices influence a company's ap-propriable learning curve advantage to slow down or speed up adoption and imitation of IT-enabled innovation. Moreover, we discuss the implications of governance choices in techno-logical environments characterised by either accumulation or disruption. Keywords: IT-enabled innovation, outsourcing, technological regime, strategic posture, first-mover advantages, financial services, online brokerage
AB - IT-enabled innovations are of increasing importance for competitive success in most sectors today. This paper offers a novel theoretical and empirically illustrated explanation of why IT-outsourcing strategies differ between innovative first-movers, fast followers and late entrants. In particular, an analysis of three companies in the financial sector - Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investment, and Merrill Lynch - reveals that governance choices influence a company's ap-propriable learning curve advantage to slow down or speed up adoption and imitation of IT-enabled innovation. Moreover, we discuss the implications of governance choices in techno-logical environments characterised by either accumulation or disruption. Keywords: IT-enabled innovation, outsourcing, technological regime, strategic posture, first-mover advantages, financial services, online brokerage
KW - Innovation
KW - Outsourcing
KW - It-outsourcing
KW - Teknologisk udvikling
KW - Schwab
KW - Fidelity Investment
KW - Merrill Lynch
M3 - Working paper
BT - Make or buy of IT-enabled innovation
CY - København
ER -