TY - GEN
T1 - Institutional effects on API development and integration in developing countries
T2 - 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018
AU - Ofoeda, Joshua
AU - Boateng, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are perceived as major enablers of digital transformation, as such they have attracted the attention of both practitioners and researchers. This notwithstanding, past research on APIs have focused largely on the technical dimensions, neglecting the social and cultural contexts. The purpose of this study is therefore to understand how regulative, normative and cognitive institutions affect the development and integration of APIs in Ghana. Drawing on the new institutional theory as a lens and an interpretive case study methodology, our findings show that normative institutions such as business strategy, customers need, relationships, and experience of vendors enabled the development and integration of APIs. However, regulative institutions in the form of regulations and laws (unwillingness of some institutions to integrate with other applications), security concerns, were regarded as constraining factors to API integration. Also, Cognitive forces in the form of non-disclosure issues and carelessness constrained the integration of APIs.
AB - Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are perceived as major enablers of digital transformation, as such they have attracted the attention of both practitioners and researchers. This notwithstanding, past research on APIs have focused largely on the technical dimensions, neglecting the social and cultural contexts. The purpose of this study is therefore to understand how regulative, normative and cognitive institutions affect the development and integration of APIs in Ghana. Drawing on the new institutional theory as a lens and an interpretive case study methodology, our findings show that normative institutions such as business strategy, customers need, relationships, and experience of vendors enabled the development and integration of APIs. However, regulative institutions in the form of regulations and laws (unwillingness of some institutions to integrate with other applications), security concerns, were regarded as constraining factors to API integration. Also, Cognitive forces in the form of non-disclosure issues and carelessness constrained the integration of APIs.
KW - API
KW - Developing country
KW - Development
KW - Institutional forces
KW - Integration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054255105&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054255105
SN - 9780996683166
T3 - Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018
BT - Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018
PB - Association for Information Systems
Y2 - 16 August 2018 through 18 August 2018
ER -