Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/311225 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] Electronic Markets [ISSN:] 1422-8890 [Volume:] 33 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 6 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2023
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPEs) represent a distinct form of interorganizational relationship cultivated on digital infrastructures. Although DPEs are researched extensively among management scholars, shortcomings in formalizing their emergence remain. Particularly re-occurring patterns and temporal dimensions of emergence continue to be relatively unexplored. We review existing literature in an integrative manner and shed light on DPE emergence by deriving a framework comprising four distinct stages. We thereby sharpen the understanding of DPEs and bring convergence to an increasingly fragmented field of research by accounting for industrial innovation management, organizational, market-based, and ecosystem-based views. As a result, we present a classification of DPE emergence stages and related key activities contributing to the progression from a nascent digital platform into a wide-spanning DPE. Finally, we propose multiple avenues for future research.
Subjects: 
Ecosystem
Platform
Emergence
Complementarity
JEL: 
M1
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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