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Dissertation Information for Hyo-Dong Kim

NAME:
- Hyo-Dong Kim

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Rutgers University (USA) (2003)

ADVISORS:
- Ronald Rice

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- James Katz
- Mark Aakhus
- Ken Kendall

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Interorganizational relationships in the application service provider industry: The practice-based functionalism approach with network analyses

Abstract: As organizations' presence in the Internet has become vital, an emerging industry, Application Service Providers (ASPs), providing web-based applications and services, have become increasingly popular. This research examines interorganizational relationships (IORs) within the ASP industry, and explores emerging structural patterns among the ASPs during the period of 1998 to 2001.

Theoretical bases in the ASP industry emergence come from different academic disciplines--Structuralism and Functionalism, and Structurational approaches. Reviews on the approaches reveals that Structurational approaches, recursive influences between social relationships and structural patterns in IORs, are important. That is, structural patterns influence and are influenced by organizations' and organizational individuals' relationships and practices, and such mutual influences are inseparable. However, I argue that such dynamic mutual influences do not suggest continuum of changes. Rather, human practices in social and economic institutions tend to pursue regularity of the whole (Practice based Functionalism). This, in turn, suggests that Structuralism and Functionalism approaches are not incompatible with Structurational approaches as long as involvement of human practices is recognized.

ASPs that have IORs with other ASPs were identified (N = 69). Social network analysis was used to explore structural patterns of IOR formations and to test contributions of several variables such as crowding, sharing, size, performance, and efficiency. The analyses found that (1) two distinctive groups (Horizontal--ASPs providing general types of applications, and Vertical--ASPs providing specific types of applications) were identified. Further, IORs tend to form across these groups; (2) more IORs were built in crowded areas; (3) size was a dominant factors contributing IOR formation; and (4) although the contributions of crowding, sharing, and size became weaker throughout the study period, they had not significantly changed.

Analyses implies that the ASP industry follows what Baker (1984; 1990) found in the US financial industry. That is, IORs are formed based on tangible characteristics--crowded area, size, etc. This suggests new ASPs might get a better chance to be recognized with specific service or application provision.

MPACT Scores for Hyo-Dong Kim

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:11:30

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