Management research has increasingly explored the domains of ecosystems, platforms, and
open/user/distributed innovation—governance structures focused on engaging with external …

Abstract The Video Game Industry (VGI) is a highly innovative and rapidly growing sector
that has become the dominant force in the entertainment industry, with significant economic …

The digitization of the economy is altering the nature of competition, affecting the
fundamental way firms compete in digital markets. In this article, we offer a platform-based …

On-demand service platforms are popular nowadays. Many platforms hire agents to serve
customers who are risk sensitive towards the waiting-time. In this paper, we apply the mean …

We examine the value of blockchain for disclosing secondhand product quality in a supply
chain in which contributors consign secondhand products to an online platform that resells …

Platforms and ecosystems provide structures for constellations of economic actors to engage
and interact as they seek to create and capture value. We consider how the constructs of …

Platform sponsors typically have both incentive and opportunity to manage the overall value
of their ecosystems. Through selective promotion, a platform sponsor can reward successful …

Innovation strategies in complementary product markets come with a dilemma: Platform
sponsors must concede third parties autonomy to innovate to make a platform successful …

Multihoming, the decision to design a complement to operate on multiple platforms, is
becoming increasingly common in many platform markets. Perceived wisdom suggests that …

The burgeoning of ibusiness firms in the modern digital economy challenges the received
internationalization theory. Given that ibusinesses such as social networking sites create …