TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding platform competition through simulation
T2 - a research outline
AU - Papachristos, George
AU - van de Kaa, Geerten
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Platform competition shapes and is shaped by a constantly changing socioeconomic context. Three trends provide evidence for this: (i) the number of firm level relevant factors for platform success is steadily increasing, (ii) contemporary cases of platform competition take less time to unfold, and (iii) industries converge. These trends suggest that there is a change: in the time required for relevant factors to influence platform competition, and in the trade-offs managers face when they take actions in platform development and competition, to influence the market outcome of such processes. Current frameworks in the literature do not account explicitly for such timing issues. The use of modelling and simulation, along empirical cases, is a way to incorporate timing and strategic action delays in platform competition research. We explore the multi-level research agenda this opens up and develop nine research questions for platform competition research.
AB - Platform competition shapes and is shaped by a constantly changing socioeconomic context. Three trends provide evidence for this: (i) the number of firm level relevant factors for platform success is steadily increasing, (ii) contemporary cases of platform competition take less time to unfold, and (iii) industries converge. These trends suggest that there is a change: in the time required for relevant factors to influence platform competition, and in the trade-offs managers face when they take actions in platform development and competition, to influence the market outcome of such processes. Current frameworks in the literature do not account explicitly for such timing issues. The use of modelling and simulation, along empirical cases, is a way to incorporate timing and strategic action delays in platform competition research. We explore the multi-level research agenda this opens up and develop nine research questions for platform competition research.
KW - competition
KW - platforms
KW - Simulation
KW - technology management
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U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2018.1473850
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2018.1473850
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046769724
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
SN - 0953-7325
ER -