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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

Shuo Sun, Bing Gu, Fangcheng Tang

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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