Developer experience · Comparative empirical ecosystem/network study

Can we ask you to collaborate? Analyzing app developer relationships in commercial platform ecosystems

Journal of Systems and Software · 2016

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Original paper ↗

Summary

Entry barriers, partnership models and platform domain affect app-developer relationship-network structure.

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Possible founder application

Use partner programs and entry governance to shape collaboration and ecosystem health.

Reported result

What the study found

Entry barriers, partnership models and platform domain affect app-developer relationship-network structure.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Comparative empirical ecosystem/network study

Sample and setting

Four commercial ecosystems: Google Apps, Google Chrome, Microsoft Office365 and Internet Explorer.

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Four ecosystems and proposition-generating comparative design limit generalization.

Research sources

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Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.