Following is the reading list for the theoretical part of the course. The list may be subject to change until the semester starts in late August.
Introduction
- Constantinides, Henfridsson & Parker (2018) - Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age
Background: Information Systems and complexity
- Sommerville et al., (2012) - Large-scale complex IT systems
- Bansler (1989) – Systems Development Research in Scandinavia: Three Theoretical Schools
- Reuver & S?rensen (2017) - The digital platform: a research agenda
Digital Platforms - fundamental concepts
- Tiwana (2013) - Platform Ecosystems, chapter 1 The Rise of Platform Ecosystems
- Tiwana (2013) - Platform Ecosystems, chapter 2 Core Concepts and Principles
- Tiwana (2013) - Platform Ecosystems, chapter 5 Platform Architecture
- Ghazawneh & Henfridsson (2013) – Balancing platform control and external contribution in third-party development: the boundary resources model
Design in platform ecosystems
- Li (2019) – Making Usable Generic Software – The Platform Appliances Approach
- Roland, Sanner, S?b? & Monteiro (2017) - P for Platform: Architectures of large-scale participatory design
Digital Platforms for public-private collaboration
- Kempton et al., (2020) - Infrastructural Tuning in Public-Private Partnerships
- Gawer & Cusumano (2008) - How companies become platform leaders
Additional
- Fishenden, J., & Thompson, M. (2012). Digital government, open architecture, and innovation: Why public sector IT will never be the same again.
Digital Platforms and Innovation
- Parker, G., & Van Alstyne, M. (2017). Innovation, openness, and platform control
- Foereder (2019) – Knowledge boundaries in enterprise software platform development: Antecedents and consequences for platform governance
Additional
- Wareham (2014) – Technology Ecosystem Governance
Digital platforms within complex infrastructures
- Rolland, Mathiassen & Rai (2018) - Managing Digital Platforms in User Organizations: The Interactions Between Digital Options and Digital Debt
Additional
- Bygstad & Hanseth (2018) - Transforming digital infrastructures through platformization
Digital Platforms and Software licensing
- Karhu, Gustafsson & Lyytinen (2018) - Exploiting and Defending Open Digital Platforms with Boundary Resources: Android’s Five Platform Forks.
Digital Platforms and AI (optional - will not be part of the final exam)
- Davenport (2018) - From Analytics to AI
- Hukkelberg & Rolland (2020) - Exploring Machine Learning in a Large Governmental Organization: An Information Infrastructure Perspective