TY - JOUR
T1 - Structuration and learning in a software firm
T2 - A technology-based entrepreneurship case study
AU - Gonzalez, Rafael A.
AU - Vargas, Marisela
AU - Malaver, Florentino
AU - Ortiz, Efraín
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, IGI Global.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This case study presents the evolution of a software firm from startup into early internationalization. Building on a structuration theory, the case is framed within a conceptual model that illustrates the way skills and routines co-evolve both at the level of the founding entrepreneur (agency) and of the firm (structure). As such, this article contributes to an emergent structurational view of technologybased entrepreneurship. Such views places emphasis on learning both at the individual and collective level, in terms of software engineering, commercial, managerial and strategic capabilities. In addition, it supports a dynamic perspective of entrepreneurship in the software industry by covering not only the startup phase but also early growth and consolidation of the firm.
AB - This case study presents the evolution of a software firm from startup into early internationalization. Building on a structuration theory, the case is framed within a conceptual model that illustrates the way skills and routines co-evolve both at the level of the founding entrepreneur (agency) and of the firm (structure). As such, this article contributes to an emergent structurational view of technologybased entrepreneurship. Such views places emphasis on learning both at the individual and collective level, in terms of software engineering, commercial, managerial and strategic capabilities. In addition, it supports a dynamic perspective of entrepreneurship in the software industry by covering not only the startup phase but also early growth and consolidation of the firm.
KW - Collective learning
KW - Software startup
KW - Structuration theory
KW - Technology-based entrepreneurship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055894049&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/JCIT.2019010101
DO - 10.4018/JCIT.2019010101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85055894049
SN - 1548-7717
VL - 21
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Cases on Information Technology
JF - Journal of Cases on Information Technology
IS - 1
ER -