Title: A study of Information Processing effectiveness in inter-organisational collaboration in Software Development

Authors: Mojgan Mohtashami; Cheickna Sylla; Il Im; Fadi P. Deek

Addresses: Advanced Infrastructure Design, 1 Crossroads Drive, Hamilton, NJ 08691, USA. ' New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Management, CAB 3rd Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. ' School of Business, Yonsei University, 262 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-749, Korea. ' New Jersey Institute of Technology, College of Science and Liberal Arts, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA

Abstract: Effective coordination and collaboration are key success factors in management of inter-organisational alliances, although questions related to best practices remain unanswered. Few studies have identified communication, effective information sharing and knowledge extraction as integral components of inter-organisational collaboration. This research focuses on the role and effectiveness of Information Processing (IP), as well as information utilisation across organisational boundaries. Proposed is a set of factors in three categories related to organisational background, contingency process and information technology processing capacity to investigate if higher levels of these factors will result in higher levels of IP, and if this will result in higher levels of Software Development (SD) effectiveness.

Keywords: collaborative software development; inter-organisational collaboration; information processing capability; communication; information sharing; knowledge extraction.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2011.042584

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2011 Vol.10 No.2/3/4, pp.124 - 150

Published online: 07 Mar 2015 *

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