Over the past three decades, platform competition—the competition between firms that
facilitate transactions and govern interactions between two or more distinct user groups who …

Research summary: A substantial and burgeoning body of research has described the
influence of platform‐mediated networks in a wide variety of settings, whereby users and …

The resource‐based view is an enduring and impactful mainstay of research within strategic
management and beyond. This editors' introduction to the special issue on “new directions …

The widespread uptake of digital platforms–from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and
TikTok–is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways …

Research summary Platform ecosystems have spurred new products and services, sparked
innovation, and improved economic efficiency in various industries and technology sectors …

Digital platforms are an omnipresent phenomenon that challenges incumbents by changing
how we consume and provide digital products and services. Whereas traditional firms create …

Some of the world's most profitable firms own platforms that exhibit network effects. A
platform exhibits network effects if, the more that people use it, the more valuable it becomes …

Does digitalization make competitive advantage more or less sustainable? One line of
argument is that digitalization leads to hyper-competition and shorter spells of competitive …

In the last few years, leading-edge research from information systems, strategic
management, and economics have separately informed our understanding of platforms and …

The digitization of the economy is altering the nature of competition, affecting the
fundamental way firms compete in digital markets. In this article, we offer a platform-based …