Open this publication in new window or tab >>2016 (English)In: 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2016) / [ed] Bui, TX; Sprague, RH, IEEE Computer Society, 2016, p. 5167-5176Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The Internet of Things (IoT) creates a myriad of new business opportunities that focus on collecting, transmitting, and analyzing product data. IoT collaborations bring together diverse firms with separate skill-sets that both produce and utilize digitized data to co-create value. While previous research has explored the technical implications of IoT in great detail, it has largely ignored the business implications of such endeavors. In this paper, we focus on the early stages of the emerging inter-organizational relationships that IoT enables and ask the question: How can the inter-organizational dynamics between disparate actors in an IoT ecosystem be perceived and understood? By conducting a qualitative case study and tracing four types of organizational boundaries: efficiency, power, competence and identity, we show how firm boundaries are emergent, dynamic, and constantly negotiated between firms. Allowing for and understanding this relational interplay is crucial in order for IoT ecosystems to thrive and grow.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE Computer Society, 2016
Series
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, ISSN 1060-3425
Keywords
Internet of Things, Organizational Boundaries, Platform Ecosystems, Case Study
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-114440 (URN)10.1109/HICSS.2016.639 (DOI)000412976705021 ()978-0-7695-5670-3 (ISBN)
Conference
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 5-8, 2016, Koloa, HI, USA
Funder
VINNOVA, 2014-05143
Note
This research is partially financed by the Vinnova project "Uppkopplade Professionella Produkter – Tekniska & Affärsmässiga behov (UPPTA)".
2016-01-192016-01-192018-06-07Bibliographically approved