Reducing information asymmetry in IT projects

• Authors: Bartosz Wachnik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An IT project consisting in implementing a management support information system is characterised by information asymmetry between the supplier and the client. The presented research results are part of the author’s broader research pointing to imperfections in the access to information amongst the providers and buyers of IT projects. The scope of this article is to present the methods of avoiding information asymmetry as part of an IT project implementation. The research results may be interesting for researchers specialising in the subject matter of IT project implementation and for practitioners completing IT projects.

Keywords

EN

asymmetry; access to information; management support IT systems; game theory; agency theory

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Informatyka Ekonomiczna
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 1(31)
• Pages: 212-222

Contributors

author

Bartosz Wachnik

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