Balancing platform control and external contribution in third-party development: The boundary resources model

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-192

  Ghazawneh, Ahmad ^a   Henfridsson, Ola ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Application programming interfaces (APIs); Boundary resources model; Platform; Resourcing; Securing; Third party development

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CAPABILITY; PLATFORM; PLATFORM BOUNDARIES; PLATFORM CONTROL; RESOURCING; SECURING; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API);

EID: 84872911674     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2012.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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