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 …

Research Summary: Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces and
compete against them. Using data from Amazon. com to study Amazon's entry pattern into …

Abstract Research Summary This paper studies the impact of platform‐owner entry threat on
complementors in platform‐based markets. We examine how app developers on the …

Next-generation technology provides users with new, advanced functionality that often
renders the past technology obsolete, opening a window of opportunity for challengers …

We study compatibility decisions of two competing platform owners that generate profits
through both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic …

Motivated by the rapid advancements in the field of business ecosystems (BEs), this paper
presents a holistic overview of existing research in the field of business ecosystem strategy …

Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate
as multisided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost …

We study professional players and their roles in peer-to-peer (P2P) markets. Most notably,
P2P home-sharing platforms (eg, Airbnb) consist of both professional hosts and …

We study the compatibility decisions of two competing platforms that generate profits through
both hardware sales and royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic model …

Platform business tactics are highly visible and dominant in business today. Prominent firms
in industries such as information services, retail, and travel, have embraced platform …