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Study on Governing Innovation Platforms in Multi-Business Organisations published

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The Chair of Digital Trans­for­ma­tion has published a study on the governance of innovation platforms in multi-business organisations. in the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS).

The recent study "Governing innovation platforms in multi-business organisations" examines how companies with multiple business units can successfully govern innovation platforms. Using data from a longitudinal case study of an automotive manufacturer that has introduced an innovation platform, it is shown that established approaches to IT governance in multi-business organisations are not suitable for managing the tensions created by the introduction of innovation platforms, as they tend to focus on cross-business synergies rather than on innovations from the business units. However, multi-business organisations (MBOs) can ben­efit from evolving IT governance if they are adaptable. They should allow more flexibility and res­pon­si­bi­li­ty for individual business units and give them priority over external complementors. The article by Maximilian Schreieck (The Wharton School and Technical Uni­ver­sity of Munich), Manuel Wiesche (TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity) and Helmut Krcmar (Technical Uni­ver­sity of Munich) was published in the European Journal of In­for­ma­ti­on Sys­tems (EJIS). 

The European Journal of In­for­ma­ti­on Sys­tems (EJIS) is on of the top 8 journals in the In­for­ma­ti­on Sys­tems discipline. It has an impact factor of 2.6 and it is ranked in category A according to VHB Ranking JOURQUAL 3.