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INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 105-114Publisher
INST OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1287/isre.11.2.105.11780
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organizational design; IT management; IT capabilities
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Prior research has generated considerable knowledge about the design of effective IT organizational Today, however, increasing signs have wisdom might be inadequate in shaping appropriate insights for contemporary practice. This essay seeks to direct research attention toward the following question: How should firms organize their IT activities in order to manage the imperatives of the business and technological environments in the digital economy? We articulate the platform logic as a conceptual framework for both viewing the organizing of IT management activities as well as for framing important questions for future research. In articulating this logic, we aim to shift thinking away from the traditional focus on governance structures (i.e., choice of centralized, decentralized, or federal forms) and sourcing structures (i.e., insourcing, outsourcing) and toward more complex structures that are reflective of contemporary practice. These structures are designed around important IT capabilities and network architectures.
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