Evolutionary Competition in Platform Ecosystems

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Tiwana, Amrit
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
• 刊物名称: INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7047
• DOI: 10.1287/isre.2015.0573
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 266-281
• 关键词: ARCHITECTURE; modularity; product; TECHNOLOGY; management; INNOVATION; strategy; systems

摘要

Intraplatform competition has received scant attention in prior studies, which predominantly study interplatform competition. We develop a middle-range theory of how complementarity between input control and a platform extension's modularization-by inducing evolution-influences its performance in a platform market. Primary and archival data spanning five years from 342 Firefox extensions show that such complementarity fosters performance by accelerating an extension's perpetual evolution.