Prof. Dr. Oliver Krancher (ITU Kopenhagen): Forschungsvor­trag zu "Digital Sourcing" am 5. Juni

Im Rahmen des Distinguished Research Fellowship Programms wird Prof. Dr. Oliver Krancher (IT University of Copenhagen) Anfang Juni zu einem ersten Forschungsaufenthalt an die TU Dresden kommen. Weitere Informationen zum Programm und den Fellows finden Sie hier. Während seines Aufenthaltes an unserer Professur wird er am Mittwoch, den 5. Juni 2024, 10:00-11:30 Uhr, im Raum SCH A315B einen Vortrag zum Thema "Digital Sourcing: A Discussion of Agential, Semiotic, Infrastructural, Combinatorial, and Economic Shifts" halten (siehe auch Abstract unten). Über eine zahlreiche Teilnahme würden wir uns sehr freuen.

Abstract: A rich body of information systems (IS) sourcing research examines sourcing decisions (e.g., outsourcing, multisourcing, offshoring) and their implementation. Much of this research builds on reference theories, such as transaction cost economics and the knowledge-based view, that focus on the sourcing of human labor and relatively fixed digital assets under bounded rationality. Yet, organizations and their sourcing practices are undergoing significant shifts in the digital era, involving not only human but also technology agency (e.g., artificial intelligence), malleable digital assets that can be flexibly recombined (e.g., in platform ecosystems and low-code development), and digital technology that attenuates bounded rationality (e.g., generative artificial intelligence). In my talk, I will discuss some implications of these agential, semiotic, infrastructural, combinatorial, and economic shifts for digital sourcing, i.e., research and practice of IS sourcing in the digital era.