Control Modes on Mobile Software Platforms Empirical Studies on the Importance of Informal Control /

• Main Author: Goldbach, Tobias (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computers.; Computer Science.; Information Systems and Communication Service.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.

This work highlights the importance of informal control modes on software platforms regarding their positive effects on third-party developers’ behaviors and outcomes. The author presents studies in the mobile software industry, demonstrating how self-control and clan control positively affect devel...

Table of Contents:

• Mobile Application Quality and Platform Stickiness under Formal vs. Self-Control – An Experimental Study
• Informal Control Modes and the Mediating Role of Third-Party Developers’ Intrinsic Motivation
• Social Capital and Clan Control to Enhance App-Developers’ Performance and Success.