In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or
intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership …

This paper focuses on tech giants as active drivers of a phase of globalization characterized
by growth in digital services trade combined with a general shift to intangible assets. By …

Uber and Airbnb have advanced into emblematic cases in debates in which the new digital
capitalism is framed in terms of the so-called sharing economy. While this strand of inquiry …

Digital platforms disrupt—not just incumbent industries, but also academic imaginations
about the future course of capitalism. While some scholars envision the next great …

This article elaborates on intellectual monopoly theory as a form of predation and rentiership
using Amazon as a case study. By analysing Amazon's financial statements, scientific …

Twenty years have passed since Brandenburger and Nalebuff (1996) highlighted
coopetition as an intriguing facet of competitive strategy. Since then, researchers have made …

The paper engages the problematic of platform capitalism in the company of Fernand
Braudel. Platform capitalism is accordingly located in the opaque zone of the so-called …

Scholarly interest in business platforms has risen consistently in the past 10 years. As a
pervasive topic in the business literature, business platforms are addressed not only in the …

Start-ups have revolutionised many economic ecosystems, becoming innovation pioneers
around the world. Most are based on data-driven business models, particularly relying on …

Coopetition and innovation are universally recognized as pivotal activities for
complementors on platforms. Distinct from extant literature that investigates the relationship …