Contracting Structures for Custom Software Development: The Impacts of Efficient Investments and Imperfect Knowledge on Internal Development and Outsourcing

Custom software development projects have special informational attributes that have challenged managers for many years: they are associated with information asymmetries regarding user valuation and developer costs, relationship-specific investments, and a resulting likelihood of externalities for theuser or the developer from the other party's investment.

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Year of publication:	1996
Authors:	Wang, E.T.G. ; Barron, T. ; Seidmann, A.
Institutions:	William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester
Subject:	BARGAINING \| SOFTWARE \| ASYMETRIC INFORMATION \| EXTERNALITIES \| INVESTMENTS

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Series:	Rochester, Business - Computer and Information Systems.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	32 pages
Classification:	L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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