Ownership and Investment in Electronic Networks

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dc.contributor.authorNault, Barrie R
dc.contributor.authorBakos, Yannis J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T18:32:24Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T18:32:24Z
dc.date.issued1997-12
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dc.description.abstractWe employ the theory of incomplete contracts to examine the relationship between own­ership and investment in electronic networks such as the Internet and inter-organiza­tional information systems. Electronic networks represent an institutional structure that has resulted from the introduction of information technology in industrial and consumer markets. Ownership of electronic networks is important because it affects the level of network-specific investments, which in turn determine the profitability, and in some cases the viability, of these networks. In our analysis we define an electronic network as a set of participants and a port­ folio of assets. The salient concept in this perspective is the degree to which network partici­pants are indispensable in making network assets productive. We derive three main results. First, if one or more assets are essential to all network participants, then all the assets should be owned together. Second, participants that are indispensable to an asset essential to all participants should own all network assets. Third and most important, in the absence of an indispensable participant, and as long as the cooperation of at least two participants is nec­essary to create value, sole ownership is never the best form of ownership for an electronic network. This latter result implies that as the leading network participants become more dis­pensable, we should see an evolution toward forms of joint ownership.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBakos, J.Y. and Nault, B.R., "Ownership and Investment in Electronic Networks," Information Systems Research, 24, 4 (December 1997) 321-341.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28753
dc.identifier.issn10477047
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50445
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherINFORMSen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentManagement Information Systemsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businessen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.subjectIncomplete Contractsen_US
dc.subjectInvestment Externalitiesen_US
dc.subjectInternet Ownershipen_US
dc.subjectNetwork Externalitiesen_US
dc.subjectNetwork Investmenten_US
dc.subjectNetwork Ownershipen_US
dc.titleOwnership and Investment in Electronic Networksen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineManagement Information Systemsen_US
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