Multi-sided platform diffusion in competitive B2B networks: inhibiting factors and their impact on network effects
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Collection
Special Issue on "Research advances in multi-sided platforms"
This collections focuses on multi-sided platforms (MSPs). MSPs have been around for several centuries. Only recently, however, MSPs have become prominent in the economy. MSPs connect two or more interdependent user or customer groups, and support interactions and transactions among them. Platform users in one group are more likely to join when more members of the other group use the platform. For example, the growth of the number of potential buyers can make the platform more attractive to additional sellers. These sellers can improve the level of service by extending the product portfolio on the platform, making it even more interesting to buyers, thus producing a self-reinforcing effect. However, these network effects are usually difficult to achieve in practice. Therefore, this collection gathers research aimed at improving our understanding of them.
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Nizar Abdelkafi
Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW, Germany
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Christina Raasch
Kühne Logistics University, Germany
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Angela Roth
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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R. Srinivasan
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
Articles (10 in this collection)
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The emergence of native multi-sided platforms and their influence on incumbents
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Design principles for establishing a multi-sided open innovation platform: lessons learned from an action research study in the medical technology industry
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A process perspective on platform design and management: evidence from a digital platform in health care
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