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Defining platforms has been a contentious issue. To maintain broad coverage of the topic, a very general definition possible will be used:
A platform is an intermediary that facilitates interaction between users who either (i) are explicitly affiliated with that intermediary or (ii) develop new or improved functionality (innovate) for the platform using a shared technological standard provided by the intermediary.
A platform facilitating interaction means that it generates salient relationships between participants rather than just providing goods or service. This relationship cannotbe at arm’s length. A factory facilitates “interactions” between workers and customers – workers make and customers buy – but there is no salient relationship between the two. Without the arm’s length restriction, virtually any business could be considered a platform. The first criterion for salience is that users are affiliated with the...
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The authors would like to thank Andrew Foley for invaluable research assistantship. Egana del Sol acknowledge the support provided by the Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (CONICYT/FONDAP/15130009) of Chile.
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Egana-delSol, P.A., Flanders, S. (2020). Platform Economy and Sustainable Energy. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_36-1
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