A4 Article in conference proceedings
Change and Control Paradoxes in Mobile Infrastructure Innovation : The Android and iOS Mobile Operating Systems Cases (2012)

Tilson, D., Sørensen, C., & Lyytinen, K. (2012). Change and Control Paradoxes in Mobile Infrastructure Innovation : The Android and iOS Mobile Operating Systems Cases. In 2012 45th Hawaii international conference on system sciences : (HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012 (pp. 1324-1333). IEEE Computer Society’s Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.149

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Tilson, David; Sørensen, Carsten; Lyytinen, Kalle

Parent publication: 2012 45th Hawaii international conference on system sciences : (HICSS 2012) Maui, Hawaii, 4-7 January 2012

Place and date of conference: Maui, HI, USA, 4.-7.1.2012

ISBN: 978-1-4577-1925-7

Journal or series: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

ISSN: 1530-1605

eISSN: 2572-6862

Publication year: 2012

Pages range: 1324-1333

Number of pages in the book: 5706

Publisher: IEEE Computer Society’s Conference Publishing Services (CPS)

Place of Publication: Los Alamitos, California

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.149

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/80172

Abstract

The advent of the smart phone as a highly complex technology has been accompanied by mobile operating systems (OS), large communities of developers, diverse content providers, and increasingly complex networks, jointly forming digital infrastructures. The multi-faceted and relational character of such digital infrastructures raises issues around how change and control can be conceptualized and understood. We discuss how change and control are paradoxically related in digital infrastructures and how they affect the evolution of such infrastructures. We examine these paradoxes by examining the change in, and competition between, two mobile operating systems: Apple's iOS and Google's Android along with their related platform features and ecologies. We seek to validate a proposed theoretical framework of the dynamics of change and control through second-order analysis of the two cases. We observe that multiple factors had a significant effect on the evolution of these platforms including user interface, development platforms, business models, and value extraction principles. We observe how these factors significantly affect the evolution of mobile platform ecologies as well as speculate about the future of mobile system platforms.

Keywords: cell phones; mobile devices; operating systems; infrastructures; Android; iOS; business models

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2012

JUFO rating: 1