Platforms · Rigorous research commentary/conceptual synthesis developing a coevolutionary platform framework (not a new firm-level survey).
Platform Evolution: Coevolution of Platform Architecture, Governance, and Environmental Dynamics
Information Systems Research · 2010
Summary
Platform evolution should be understood through the interdependence of architecture, governance, and environmental dynamics rather than any one design choice.
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Possible founder application
Treat APIs/architecture, governance rules, and ecosystem conditions as a coupled product strategy; revisit all three as the platform and complementor base grow.
Reported result
What the study found
Platform evolution should be understood through the interdependence of architecture, governance, and environmental dynamics rather than any one design choice.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How do platform architecture, governance, and environmental dynamics coevolve during platform evolution?
Design
Rigorous research commentary/conceptual synthesis developing a coevolutionary platform framework (not a new firm-level survey).
Sample and setting
Software/platform ecosystem context; conceptual rather than a sampled respondent population.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
The publisher labels it a research commentary; it is conceptual and does not estimate causal effects from a primary sample.
Research sources
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