Platform Synergy: Architectural Origins and Competitive Consequences

Amrit Tiwana ()
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Amrit Tiwana: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Information Systems Research, 2018, vol. 29, issue 4, 829-848

Abstract: The internal architecture of apps has yet to receive attention in platform studies, which predominantly study apps’ platform-facing, external architecture. We develop a theory of how the interplay between an app’s internal and external architecture shape its ability to leverage the platform to outcompete rival apps. Primary and archival data spanning four years from 618 BlackberryOS apps show how internal architecture’s complementarity with external architecture influences an app’s competitive lead.

Keywords: near decomposability; architecture; platform synergy; modularity; monolithic; apps; innovation race (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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