Purpose Because of the attention increasingly being focused on digital transformation,
interest in business models of platform-enabled ecosystems is rising rapidly. Although there …

The burgeoning digital-platforms literature across multiple business disciplines has primarily
characterized the platform as a market or network. Although the organizing role of platform …

Purpose Ecosystems that support digital businesses maximize the economic value of
network connections. This forces a shift toward platforms and ecosystems that are …

The flexibility offered by the combination of platform and enabling ecosystems allows
multiple competing and collaborating organizations from different industries to achieve rapid …

Firms increasingly harness outside innovation by opening their core product to third parties
and thereby shifting towards platform business models. Such decisions require a critical …

Purpose Information Systems (IS) research has built up a considerable understanding of
digital platform ecosystems, while policymakers worldwide are aiming to introduce platform …

Multi‐sided platforms (MSPs) continue to disrupt long‐established industries. Therefore,
there is a growing popularity to scientifically examine how and why those platforms become …

The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of current research in IS on the design and
governance of platform ecosystems. To this end, we conduct a literature review of relevant …

Incumbent companies across industries such as banking, insurance, and enterprise
software have begun transforming their existing product platform ecosystems into innovation …

Digital platforms have proven to be efficient matchmakers in our networked economy and
society. However, their tremendous potential is a double-edged sword, and concerns about …