Managing digital platforms in user organizations: The interactions between digital options and digital debt

Information Systems Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 419-443

  Rolland, Knut H ^a   Mathiassen, Lars ^b   Rai, Arun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital debt; Digital infrastructure; Digital options; Digital platforms; Organizational management of industry platforms

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

DIGITAL DEBT; DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES; DIGITAL OPTIONS; DIGITAL PLATFORMS; ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 85048681043     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2018.0788     Document Type: Article

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