Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/237361 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Working Papers No. 76
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Three out of nine of S&P500 digital platform companies stand out as building own artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. There is overwhelming empirical evidence of AI technologies are being central to running a digital platform business. However, the current research agenda is not directing researchers to study AI technologies in the context of digital platforms. We have divided the proposed AI platforms research agenda as follows: The first set of questions we propose relates to an overall conceptualization of AI platforms. Thereafter, we recognize specific aspects of AI platforms, which need to be investigated in detail to gain understanding that is more complete. The second set of questions we propose relates to understanding the dynamics between AI platforms and the broader socio-economic context. This topic might be particularly relevant to economies of countries without indigenous AI platforms. Our paper builds on the proposition that AI is a general-purpose technology, which by itself carries properties of a digital platform.
Subjects: 
Platforms
Digital Platform Economy
Artificial Intelligence
AI platforms
Research agenda
JEL: 
M1
M21
O3
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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