Digital platform ecosystems in flux: From proprietary digital platforms to wide-spanning ecosystems

Jan Frederic Nerbel () and Markus Kreutzer ()
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Jan Frederic Nerbel: EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH (3098)
Markus Kreutzer: EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH (3098)

Electronic Markets, 2023, vol. 33, issue 1, No 5, 20 pages

Abstract: Abstract Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPEs) represent a distinct form of interorganizational relationship cultivated on digital infrastructures. Although DPEs are researched extensively among management scholars, shortcomings in formalizing their emergence remain. Particularly re-occurring patterns and temporal dimensions of emergence continue to be relatively unexplored. We review existing literature in an integrative manner and shed light on DPE emergence by deriving a framework comprising four distinct stages. We thereby sharpen the understanding of DPEs and bring convergence to an increasingly fragmented field of research by accounting for industrial innovation management, organizational, market-based, and ecosystem-based views. As a result, we present a classification of DPE emergence stages and related key activities contributing to the progression from a nascent digital platform into a wide-spanning DPE. Finally, we propose multiple avenues for future research.

Keywords: Ecosystem; Platform; Emergence; Complementarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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