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Control Modes on Mobile Software Platforms

Empirical Studies on the Importance of Informal Control

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  • Study in the Field of Information Systems

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
  2. Introduction

    • Tobias Goldbach
    Pages 1-10
  3. Control Mechanisms on Software Platforms

    • Tobias Goldbach
    Pages 11-22
  4. Formal vs. Self-Control on Software Platforms

    • Tobias Goldbach
    Pages 23-45
  5. Thesis Conclusion

    • Tobias Goldbach
    Pages 95-100
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 101-110

About this book

This work highlights the importance of informal control modes on software platforms regarding their positive effects on third-party developers’ behaviors and outcomes. The author presents studies in the mobile software industry, demonstrating how self-control and clan control positively affect developers’ outcome performance, app quality and intentions to stay on software platforms. Moreover, the studies’ findings shed light on the underlying explanatory mechanisms of why informal control modes can be exercised effectively on software platforms and how especially clan control may be facilitated through developers’ social capital.

Authors and Affiliations

  • TU Darmstadt – ISE , Darmstadt, Germany

    Tobias Goldbach

About the author

Tobias Goldbach wrote his dissertation at the Chair of Information Systems and E-Services at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany.

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