We are grateful to Professors Rebecca Reuber and Eileen Fischer for contributing our 2022
annual review article. This insightful review explores an issue of great contemporary …

In addition to formal terms of service and contracts between platform owners, users, and
other stakeholders, there can be seen an implicit social contract taking place in online …

As social media attract increasing attention from executives and find varied applications in
different industries, research on the subject has been investigating the antecedents …

Social media have been perceived as the variety of online communication platforms that
stimulate interaction in virtual communities. Existing studies have been found in manifesting …

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 …

This paper studies a new group of entrepreneurs which has emerged on social media
platforms, ie, social media entrepreneurs. Arguing that followers are critical stakeholders in …

Purpose Two or multi-sided platforms-defined as those companies that aim to connect two or
more groups of customers leveraging the opportunities provided by indirect network …

A considerable number of contributions at the intersection of social media platforms and
social entrepreneurship has been witnessed over the past decade. The multi-disciplinary …

Research summary Research on entrepreneurship has focused primarily on the individual
characteristics of founders in driving the success of new ventures offering stand‐alone …

Platform economy is disrupting innovation presenting opportunities and challenges for start-
ups. Platforms support value creation between multiple participant groups or markets. This …