Platforms · Empirical study of platform openness and innovation.
Open Platform Strategies and Innovation: Granting Access vs
Devolving Control. Management Science · 2010
Summary
Opening a platform can attract innovation, but access and control must be balanced; openness has non-monotonic strategic effects.
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Reported result
What the study found
Opening a platform can attract innovation, but access and control must be balanced; openness has non-monotonic strategic effects.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How does platform openness affect external innovation and control?
Design
Empirical study of platform openness and innovation.
Sample and setting
Technology platforms and external innovators.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Platform and innovation setting; observational inference.
Research sources
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