Platforms · Formal model with empirical motivation
A Dynamic Analysis of Cross-Category Innovation in Digital Platform Ecosystems with Network Effects
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research · 2025
Summary
Cross-category innovation can reconfigure competition by expanding network effects.
For your marketing
Possible founder application
Evaluate adjacent-category launches for cross-side network-effect spillovers.
Reported result
What the study found
Cross-category innovation can reconfigure competition by expanding network effects.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?
Design
Formal model with empirical motivation
Sample and setting
Digital platform categories and network effects
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Model-based rather than direct field evidence.
Research sources
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