Purpose The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the platform literature and
synthesize the various topics of research into a common framework to reveal the relations …

While many firms in recent years have started to offer public Application Programming
Interfaces (APIs), firms struggle with shaping digital platform strategies that align API design …

The emerging market for smart speakers is growing rapidly. Unlike conventional information
technology (IT) devices, smart speakers are becoming a major platform that access many …

Based on a comprehensive literature survey, the constructs of the cybersecurity information
sharing ecosystem have been defined in detail. Using this ecosystem, the interrelationships …

This study examines the innovation and imitation effects in Metaverse service
adoption.“Metaverse services” is a collective term for services such as Augmented reality …

In order to benefit from operating an IT service platform (eg, SaaS platform), platform
providers need to find a way to keep their existing users and application services active …

Traditional ways of doing business have been turned upside down by a group of new
companies. Uber is “the world's largest taxi-company owns no vehicles”. Facebook is “the …

As software service platforms grow in number of users and variety of service offerings, it
raises the question of how this phenomenon impacts the value obtained by users. This …

In the context of the knowledge economy, the role of traditional leadership for enterprises is
questioned. Based on contingency theory and the resource-based view, this paper proposes …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the phenomenon of crowdfunding and determine whether
it can be considered a service ecosystem, where the context frames innovation through …