Knowledge Boundaries in Enterprise Software Platform Development: Antecedents and Consequences for Platform Governance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Foerderer ◽  
Thomas Kude ◽  
Sebastian Schuetz ◽  
Armin Heinzl
Keyword(s):  
Software Platform ◽  
Enterprise Software ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Platform Development ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Decentralized Governance of Digital Platforms

2020 ◽  
pp. 014920632091675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Chen ◽  
Igor Pereira ◽  
Pankaj C. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Design Theory ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Alternative Structures ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Decentralized Governance ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Centralization And Decentralization

Over the past decade, the rise of blockchain technology has led to the emergence of a growing number of decentralized platforms that are governed less by platform owners and more through community efforts. The emergence of blockchain platforms offers a unique opportunity to examine alternative structures for platform governance and to develop a theory around the value of centralized, semi-decentralized, and decentralized governance. Drawing on mechanism design theory, we evaluate the tradeoffs between centralization and decentralization and hypothesize semi-decentralization as a higher performing governance structure. Empirical evidence from the blockchain industry shows that decentralization has an inverted U-shaped relationship with platforms’ market capitalization, developer attention, and development activity. We further examine factors driving the decentralization of platform governance and find that digital platforms of the infrastructure layer—relative to those of the application layer—have a tendency to become more decentralized. This tendency, nevertheless, can be offset by experienced leaders to achieve semi-decentralization. Overall, this study contributes new insights on the characteristics, antecedents, and consequences of effective platform governance.

The Ecosystem of Software Platform: A Study of Asymmetric Cross-Side Network Effects and Platform Governance

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peijian Song ◽  
◽  
Ling Xue ◽  
Arun Rai ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Network Effects ◽  
Software Platform ◽  
Platform Governance

scholarly journals Genesis of a Wood Harvesting B2B Software Platform

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
Jaakko Vuolasto ◽  
Kari Smolander
Keyword(s):  
Early Report ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Software Platform ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Wood Harvesting ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
Business To Business

AbstractDigital platform research has focused mostly on global platforms, where the users of the platform are consumers. Business-to-business (B2B) digital platforms have received less attention. This study observes and provides an early report on a digital platform for forestry, bringing together forest companies, contractors, and forest machine manufacturers. The platform started in Finland, but it has begun to extent its scope to international markets as well. We present some early insights about the birth of the platform and the factors that have contributed to its success in the beginning. We also describe some aspects present in B2B platform governance and related forces. Finally, we provide a preliminary outlook of possible future directions of the platform and its ecosystem.

The Software Platform Development of a New Microcontroller for Automotive Body Systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 9511-9515
Author(s):  
Jae Ho Chang ◽  
Chan Woong Park ◽  
Chan Hong Park ◽  
Sang Il Lee ◽  
Jin Su Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Software Platform ◽  
Automotive Body ◽  
Platform Development

Software platform owners' entry and application developers' innovations: a conceptual model

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zuo ◽  
Di Song
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Marketing Capabilities ◽  
Software Platform ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Platform Governance ◽  
Application Developers

PurposeThe primary aim of this article is to develop an understanding that resolves and integrates the conflicting findings with regard to the effects of platform-owner entry on the innovation of individual complementors.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the platform ecosystem literature and the profiting from innovation (PFI) framework, this study presents a conceptual model that articulates how developers' marketing capabilities and the size of platform's installed base are two key moderators that explain the conflicting results between platform-owner entry and complementor innovations.FindingsThis article theorizes that platform owners' entry stimulates developers' innovations when the size of platform's installed base is large or when developers' marketing capabilities are strong while the entry can discourage innovations otherwise.Originality/valueBy proposing the conceptual model, this article makes important theoretical contributions to the rising literature on platform governance and complementor innovations. It lays a foundation for future research exploring the implications of platform-owner entry.

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