Winkler, Maike; Huber, Thomas; Dibbern, Jens (December 2014). The Software Prototype as Digital Boundary Object – A Revelatory Longitudinal Innovation Case. In: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Auckland, New Zealand.
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With the availability of lower cost but highly skilled software development labor from offshore regions, entrepreneurs from developed countries who do not have software development experience can utilize this workforce to develop innovative software products. In order to succeed in offshored innovation projects, the often extreme knowledge boundaries between the onsite entrepreneur and the offshore software development team have to be overcome. Prior research has proposed that boundary objects are critical for bridging such boundaries – if they are appropriately used. Our longitudinal, revelatory case study of a software innovation project is one of the first to explore the role of the software prototype as a digital boundary object. Our study empirically unpacks five use practices that transform the software prototype into a boundary object such that knowledge boundaries are bridged. Our findings provide new theoretical insights for literature on software innovation and boundary objects, and have implications for practice.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems > Information Engineering 03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Business Management > Institute of Information Systems |
UniBE Contributor: |
Winkler, Maike, Huber, Thomas, Dibbern, Jens |
Subjects: |
000 Computer science, knowledge & systems 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics 600 Technology > 650 Management & public relations |
Series: |
ICIS 2014 Proceedings |
Projects: |
[231] Overcoming Knowledge Barriers in Offshore-Outsorced Software Innovation Projects
[233] Software Prototypes as Boundary Objects |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Maike Alice Ellinor Winkler |
Date Deposited: |
16 Oct 2014 16:18 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:37 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.59153 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/59153 |
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