Governing the emergence of network-driven platform ecosystems

Arthur Kari (), Pepe Bellin (), Martin Matzner () and Martin Gersch ()
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Arthur Kari: Freie Universität Berlin
Pepe Bellin: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Martin Matzner: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Martin Gersch: Freie Universität Berlin

Electronic Markets, 2025, vol. 35, issue 1, No 4, 27 pages

Abstract: Abstract Literature on platform governance is focused on keystone organizations that exclusively own a platform and control its complementors and users. However, emerging network-driven platform ecosystems—such as European data spaces—represent a shift in focus by allowing stakeholders to share platform ownership and decision rights. To investigate this emerging phenomenon, we conduct a qualitative-explorative case study, interviewing 32 representatives of Catena-X, a European data space in the automotive industry. To conceptually grasp the co-development and management of network-driven platform ecosystems, we employ a network governance perspective as the theoretical lens. We contribute to platform governance literature with (1) a conceptualization of shared platform ownership recognizing the dichotomy of inner and outer governance, and (2) a process model and a conceptual model of an interorganizational network governing the emergence of a platform ecosystem.

Keywords: Data spaces; Platform governance; Interorganizational network; Data ecosystem; Shared ownership; Network governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L14 L86 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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