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dc.contributor.authorFındıkoğlu, Melike Nur
dc.contributor.authorRanganathan, C.
dc.contributor.authorWatson-Manheim, M. B.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-17T11:12:33Z
dc.date.available2022-11-17T11:12:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-04
dc.identifier.issn0960-085Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10679/7978
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1750309?journalCode=tjis20&journalCode=tjis20
dc.description.abstractSmall IT vendors increasingly establish intra-industry collaborative arrangements with other technology providers. Despite the criticality of this strategy, there is little research that provides insights into partnership formation. Our study attempts to close this gap.Building on resource dependency theory (RDT) and resource-based view (RBV), we posit that, depending on external market and internal resource considerations, small IT vendors either supplement or complement their IT resources and capabilities via partnerships. When seeking to expand the scope of their resource portfolio by accessing dissimilar resources, vendors are engage in complementary partnerships (goal: improving the scope of IT resources). However, if they seek to expand the scale of their portfolio, they engage in supplementary partnerships (goal: extending the scale of IT resources). Using a qualitative approach, we examine the partnership formation practices of seven small IT firms. We propose a conceptual framework with five constructs that illustrate dynamics underlying these IT service partnerships, i.e., External market considerations, Internal resource configurations, Partner considerations, Partnership exploration, and Partnership development. We find variations in partnership practices depending on the supplementary or complementary nature of resources being sought. We also find small IT vendors form and manage partner pools to mitigate risks associated with partnerships.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Information Systems
dc.rightsrestrictedAccess
dc.titlePartnering for prosperity: Small IT vendor partnership formation and the establishment of partner poolsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.peerreviewedyesen_US
dc.publicationstatusPublisheden_US
dc.contributor.departmentÖzyeğin University
dc.contributor.authorID(ORCID 0000-0003-3140-1969 & YÖK ID 234938) Fındıkoğlu, Melike
dc.contributor.ozuauthorFındıkoğlu, Melike Nur
dc.identifier.volume30en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage193en_US
dc.identifier.endpage218en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000532058000001
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0960085X.2020.1750309en_US
dc.subject.keywordsResource-Based View (RBV)en_US
dc.subject.keywordsResource dependency theoryen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSmall and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME)en_US
dc.subject.keywordsIT service providersen_US
dc.subject.keywordsIT partnership formationen_US
dc.identifier.scopusSCOPUS:2-s2.0-85084324985
dc.relation.publicationcategoryArticle - International Refereed Journal - Institutional Academic Staff


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