Governance of Information Systems, Enterprises, and Supply Chains
Aims
The goal of this course is to learn the topics at the frontier of the field, and desirably to develop contributions to your PhD-thesis.
Information
Governance of information systems, enterprises, and supply chains studies the design of incentives (contracts, ownership structures, …) and coordination mechanisms to channel business activities in value-creating ways.
Week 1: What determines firm boundaries?
Week 2: Compensation and performance measures
Week 3: Selection
Week 4: Property rights
Week 5: Relational contracts
Week 6: Influence costs
Week 7: Coordination and coordination mechanisms
Week 8: Complementarity
Week 9: Limited cognition and governance structure
Week 10: Reference points
The lectures present the core ideas as simple as possible. This is done in a two-tier approach. First, the main topics are introduced at a master-level. Second, some of the classic articles in the field will be studied in more detail, depending on the level of the students participating in the course.
Exercises are assigned to prepare you for the upcoming lecture.
Assessment
60% assignments, 40% paper.
