In this paper, we consider software development project success and failure from the
supplier's perspective. First we clarified concepts in order to be able to exclude review …

Recent empirical findings concerning the performance effects of service business model
innovation (servitization) and its interplay with product innovation are mixed. Using the …

This paper brings together the recent literature on industry platforms and shows how it
relates to managing innovation within and outside the firm as well as to dealing with …

Services of different types have become increasingly important for product firms. While these
firms mainly focus on products, managers and researchers lack a comprehensive framework …

Abstract Research Summary Orchestrating complementors' value creation activities is critical
to platform owners but is challenging. Emerging literature on platform governance suggests …

In this paper, I study the effect of adding large numbers of producers of application software
programs (“apps”) to leading handheld computer platforms, from 1999 to 2004. To isolate …

Open Innovation describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on
research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such …

The Open Innovation paradigm can be understood as the antithesis of the traditional vertical
integration model where internal research and development (R&D) activities lead to …

Technology platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, are the hubs of technology industries. We
develop a framework to characterize the optimal two-sided pricing strategy of a platform firm; …

Some product firms increasingly rely on service revenues as part of their business models.
One possible explanation is that they turn to services to generate additional profits when …