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Reducing Consultant Information Asymmetry in Enterprise System Implementation Projects - The Transaction Cost Economics View

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This study presents the results of a case study on the level of involvement needed to reduce the information asymmetry with regards to the scope of the Enterprise System implementation. The results show that the cost of determining the particulars of the transaction are too high for the parties to bear before the transaction is actually carried out. The hold-up problem, therefore, exists, as proposed by the Transaction Cost Economics.

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  1. Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, 81-704 Sopot Armii Krajowej 101, Gdańsk, Poland

    Przemysław Lech

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    Jacek Maślankowski

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Lech, P. (2019). Reducing Consultant Information Asymmetry in Enterprise System Implementation Projects - The Transaction Cost Economics View. In: Wrycza, S., Maślankowski, J. (eds) Information Systems: Research, Development, Applications, Education. SIGSAND/PLAIS 2019. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 359. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29608-7_2

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