Platform competition shapes and is shaped by a constantly changing socioeconomic
context. Three trends provide evidence for this:(i) the number of firm level relevant factors for …

Platform competition and management shapes and is shaped by a constantly changing
socioeconomic context. This implies that managers face transient strategic trade-offs in …

Over the past three decades, platform competition—the competition between firms that
facilitate transactions and govern interactions between two or more distinct user groups who …

Next-generation technology provides users with new, advanced functionality that often
renders the past technology obsolete, opening a window of opportunity for challengers …

Research summary Platform ecosystems have spurred new products and services, sparked
innovation, and improved economic efficiency in various industries and technology sectors …

One of the more important forces shaping the Digital Economy is the emergence of platform-
based ecosystems. The functioning of platform ecosystems is, however, still very poorly …

The competition literature extensively focused on pricing and openness as key strategic
choices of platforms in two-sided markets. We argue that, due to the business model …

Existing research on digital platforms emphasizes the contexts that enable such platforms–
and their sponsoring firms-to emerge and achieve market dominance. However, this body of …

Because the literature on platform competition emphasizes the role of network effects, it
prescribes rapidly expanding a network of platform users and complementary applications to …

Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory
models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity—platforms might coexist or the market …