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Standardization, network economics, and it

Esben S. Andersen Jan Damsgaard Ole Hanseth

pp. 521-525

Abstract

Standard software systems pervade our lives, both as professionals working in an organization and as private persons. Organizations and individuals alike have to make multiple decisions. What browser to use (Netscape or Explorer)? What office suite to purchase? What instant messenger to use (preferably, the one most of your friends or colleagues use; AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo represent three alternatives)? What operating system to purchase in order to protect the current IT infrastructure? What Internet search engine to purchase for the company's intranet? Whether to buy a single, double, or triple band cellular phone depending on where you live in the U.S. and how much you travel?

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Baskerville Richard, Stage Jan, DeGross Janice (2000) Organizational and social perspectives on information technology: ifip tc8 wg8.2 international working conference on the social and organizational perspective on research and practice in information technology june 9–11, 2000, aalborg, denmark. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 521-525

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35505-4_32

Full citation:

Andersen Esben S., Damsgaard Jan, Hanseth Ole (2000) „Standardization, network economics, and it“, In: R. Baskerville, J. Stage & J. Degross (eds.), Organizational and social perspectives on information technology, Dordrecht, Springer, 521–525.