We study how a multisided platform's decision to certify a subset of its complementors affects
those complementors and ultimately the platform itself. Kiva, a microfinance platform …

This article explores what factors drive digital platform firms to set or modify their boundaries.
Building on economics, strategic management, and information systems research, I suggest …

In many industries, companies use product platforms as a means to reduce costs and obtain
access to multiple market segments by developing different product variants. Product …

Business economics research on digital platforms often overlooks existing knowledge from
other fields of research which leads to conceptual ambiguity and inconsistent findings. To …

Multisided platforms (MSPs) have recently drawn considerable research attention, as the
influence of platforms is increasingly relevant across a wide array of industries. However …

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 ecosystems include complementary product markets that are creating
unprecedented business opportunities. Competition within complementary product markets …

Scholars argue that the platform economy spurs both increased efficiency and innovation for
participating actors, often opening new ways for radical change and disruption in different …

We have recently seen a proliferation of new terms such as “platforms” and “ecosystems”
that reflect strategic dynamics at the aggregate level, motivated by changes in the nature of …

This review organises the fragmented management literature on platform business
according to a conceptual map and a meta-theoretical scheme. Since the early 2000s …