Browsing by Author "Morgan, Lorraine"
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Assessing the role of open source software in the european secondary software sector: a voice from industry
Morgan, Lorraine (2005-06-09)This paper addresses the open source software (OSS) phenomenon from an industry perspective and reveals a number of complexities surrounding the role of OSS in the secondary software sector. It presents the research results ... -
Benefits and drawbacks of open source software: An exploratory study of secondary software firms
Morgan, Lorraine (Springer, 2007-06-14)Much of the assessment of OSS benefits and drawbacks has been based on anecdotal evidence appearing in practitioner publications, white papers, web articles etc. To a greater extent this research has tended to concentrate ... -
Combining open innovation and agile approaches: implications for IS project managers
Morgan, Lorraine; Conboy, Kieran (2010-06)This paper describes a research-in-progress that explores the applicability and implications of open innovation in a multiple-project environment that employs agile approaches to information systems development. In doing ... -
Contemporary digital business model decision making: a cloud computing supply-side perspective
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (Inderscience Publishers, 2017-07-27)Cloud computing is an example of a promising technological paradigm which possesses the potential to act as a catalyst to drive radical innovations in the development of the networked society. While some information and ... -
A crowdsourcing framework for stakeholder engagement in funding agency call processes
Cullina, Eoin (NUI Galway, 2020-03-02)Public research funding agencies have sought to better involve the general public and other stakeholders in their competitive processes for the allocation of research funding. Such efforts result from the worldwide push ... -
(De)Mystifying the information and communication technology business model concept
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (Inderscience, 2019-06-28)Modern enterprises are currently experiencing volatile and rapid information and communication technology (ICT) change. A key challenge for business leaders is to ensure their organisations are ready for that change. This ... -
Deciding on open innovation: an exploration of how firms create and capture value with open source software
Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Verlag, 2008-10)Open innovation is a paradigm that proposes that firms can and should use external as well as internal innovations/ideas. A popular example of open innovation has been open source software (OSS). The key issues facing ... -
An exploratory study into IT governance implementations in living laboratory ecosystems and its impact on open innovation effectiveness
Clohessy, Trevor; Morgan, Lorraine; Acton, Thomas (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2014-06)This paper describes a research-in-progress that explores how the information technology (IT) governance mechanisms of Living Laboratories are associated with open innovation effectiveness. In recent years Living Labs, ... -
Future research in agile systems development: applying open innovation principles within the agile organisation
Conboy, Kieran; Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Verlag, 2010)A particular strength of agile approaches is that they move away from 'introverted' development and intimately involve the customer in all areas of development, supposedly leading to the development of a more innovative ... -
The impact of cloud computing on IT service providers’ business models
Clohessy, Trevor (2016-03-15)This study’s objective is to understand how cloud computing impacts information technology service providers’ business models. Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information technology ... -
The impact of cloud-based digital transformation on ICT service providers’ strategies
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2017-06-18)The relationship between digital transformation and strategy formulation in the context of new digital technologies is emerging as a research area which is ripe for investigation. Recently, information system researchers ... -
The impact of cloud-based digital transformation on IT service providers: Evidence from focus groups
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (IGI Global, 2017)Cloud-based digital transformation is having a profound impact on new and incumbent information technology service providers. In transitioning from traditional to cloud-based service provision, some IT service providers ... -
Key factors impacting cloud computing adoption
Morgan, Lorraine; Conboy, Kieran (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-10-01)Findings from multiple cloud provider case studies identify 9 key factors and 15 subfactors affecting the adoption of cloud technology. These range from technological issues to broader organizational and environmental issues. -
Open innovation in secondary software firms: an exploration of managers' perceptions of open source software
Morgan, Lorraine (Association for Computing Machinery, 2010-02)Open source software (OSS) is probably the best known exemplar of open innovation, with many practitioner-oriented publications having debated the merits and drawbacks of OSS in recent years. Nevertheless, much of the ... -
“openness” with and without information technology: a framework and a brief history
Schlagwein, Daniel; Conboy, Kieran; Feller, Joseph; Leimeister, Jan Marco; Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Nature, 2017-11-20)Over the past two decades, openness (e.g. 'open' innovation, 'open' education and 'open' strategy) has been of increasing interest for researchers and of increasing relevance to practitioners. Openness is often deeply ... -
Running while standing still: Rethinking ICT business model decisions for the new cloud economy
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2016-06-20)Cloud computing has underpinned an accelerated business model evolution for delivering ICT solutions. However, some established business model mature ICT providers are experiencing substantial difficulties related to the ... -
Smart City as a Service (SCaaS): A future roadmap for e-government smart city cloud computing initiatives
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (ACM, 2014-11-08)The concept of a smart city has been identified as not only representing a crucible for technological innovation, a medium for realising global integration but also as an exemplar response for addressing current and impending ... -
Social network multiplexity in software development: Investigating the implications for knowledge sharing, problem-solving and performance
Ajimati, Matthew Oladeji (NUI Galway, 2022-01-18)Social structures matter to software development. This is because software developers need to collaborate to share knowledge and solve problems together to drive software development success. Nonetheless, studies investigating ... -
A theoretical framework for examining IT governance in living laboratory ecosystems
Clohessy, Trevor; Morgan, Lorraine; Acton, Thomas (Springer Verlag, 2014-06-02)In recent years Living Labs, which embody an open innovation milieu, have gained currency as representing a salient catalyst for Smart City research and development. However, the current body of Living Lab research, in ... -
The times they are a-changin for ICT service provision: A cloud computing business model perspective
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine; Conboy, Kieran (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2016-06-12)Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information, commu-nication and technology (ICT) solutions. In transitioning from traditional to cloud-based service provision, some ICT vendors have ...