Even though they are still relatively young, digital platforms have been on the rise in recent years. From healthcare to mobility, many industries have been keen on leveraging cloud computing technologies to benefit from platform ecosystems in collaboration with third-party developers. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are just two of…
Digital ecosystems have become ubiquitous in business-to-consumer (B2C) markets. But how can companies successfully establish digital ecosystems in the business-to-business (B2B) context? In this recent article in the iX Magazin, we shed light on this question: https://www.heise.de/select/ix/2021/8/2116510013976774974 The article is a collaboration of the Initiative on the Platform Economy and…
We are feeling honored that our paper “Value co-creation practices in business-to-business platform ecosystems,” published in Electronic Markets issue 29/3, has been selected as Paper of the Year 2020. On behalf of my co-authors, I want to thank Rainer Alt, Hans-Dieter Zimmermann, Ramona Coia, and the editorial board of Electronic Markets - The International…
Maximilian Schreieck and Dr. Manuel Audi discussed this question during a presentation at this year's European Workshop on Software Ecosystems (http://ewseco.squarespace.com/2021-recap). Thanks Dr. Karl-Michael Popp and Ralf Meyer for having us!
A recent research project of Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer and Tobias Kircher was presented at the 6th Workshop on Information Systems Design and Economic Behavior (ISDEB), held from March 15-17 2021. The project, titled “Does Consumer Privacy Harm Innovation? Evidence from Google’s Enforcement of COPPA in Android’s Market for Kids-Games”…
While the use of technology to create value or solve social needs is well understood, Eric Clemons from the Wharton School presents a new research discipline capturing the other side of the coin: technology causing social disruption and requiring social adaption. He stresses the importance to better understand new sources…
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) has recently announced to fund a research project on the platform economy headed by Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer.The project, titled “Competition with the Platform Owner: An Empirical-quantitative Investigation of Mobile App Platforms”, seeks to study the competition between platform companies and their partners. Platform…
A recent research project of Prof. Dr. Jens Förderer and Tobias Kircher was presented at the 31st Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, held from December 16-19 2020.The project, titled “Does Consumer Privacy Harm Innovation? Evidence from Google’s Enforcement of COPPA in Android’s Market for Kids-Games” investigates an important question…
Right before Christmas, Maximilian Schreieck, postdoc at TUM and member of the Initiative on the Platform Economy held a keynote on digital platform ecosystems at a digital Christmas party at Atos. For Atos, a leading international IT services provider based in Europe, digital platform ecosystems are a strategic priority, both…
The first paper explores how incumbent firms can leverage a multi-platform strategy to transition into the platform economy. The multiple case study demonstrates that incumbents pursue multiple strategies at the same time ranging from building and joining a platform over investing in and acquiring a platform to using white-label platforms.…