<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Industry Platforms Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic's collection of research articles focusing on industry platforms, B2B platforms, and platform ecosystems in industrial markets.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png</url><title>Industry Platforms Research</title><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:41:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.industryplatforms.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[industryplatforms@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[industryplatforms@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[industryplatforms@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[industryplatforms@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[The Orchestrator’s Dilemma: How Ericsson Strategically Recombined Resource Commitments and Signaling Tactics to Outmaneuver WiMAX]]></title><description><![CDATA[Khanagha, S., Ansari, S., Rindova, V., & Ozalp, H.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/the-orchestrators-dilemma-how-ericsson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/the-orchestrators-dilemma-how-ericsson</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hakan Ozalp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:03:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OKP5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b1363e2-9016-4b24-b775-1772277e3595_1503x744.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Orchestrators shape ecosystem development by aligning diverse participants while advancing their own competitive agendas. This alignment becomes fragile when a new entrant offers an alternative value proposition that appeals to ecosystem participants but threatens an orchestrator&#8217;s position. Whereas prior research highlights the success of new entrants, less is known about how an orchestrator defends its competitive interests and position while addressing expectations of cooperation from ecosystem participants, which we call the &#8220;orchestrator&#8217;s dilemma.&#8221; We investigate these dynamics through a longitudinal study of Ericsson&#8217;s responses as Intel attempted to promote WiMAX as an alternative to LTE, Ericsson&#8217;s fourth-generation mobile technology. Our analysis shows how Ericsson recombined its substantive resource commitments and signaling tactics to develop three distinct strategic responses&#8212;avoiding competition, covert competition, and overt competition&#8212;as ecosystem support for the new entrant&#8217;s value proposition changed over time. We show how an orchestrator can defend its position against disruptive entrants by decoupling signaling tactics from substantive resource commitments to influence ecosystem dynamics. We contribute by theorizing these dynamic strategic responses as a way to overcome the orchestrator&#8217;s dilemma and by highlighting the social aspects of ecosystem alignment and its fragility.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OKP5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b1363e2-9016-4b24-b775-1772277e3595_1503x744.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OKP5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b1363e2-9016-4b24-b775-1772277e3595_1503x744.jpeg 424w, 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(2025). The Orchestrator&#8217;s Dilemma: How Ericsson Strategically Recombined Resource Commitments and Signaling Tactics to Outmaneuver WiMAX. </span><em>Journal of Management</em><span>, 01492063251395674. doi: </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251395674">https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063251395674</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Platform Thinking in Action: A design science research to bring the platform revolution in legacy firms]]></title><description><![CDATA[25 firms, more than 150 managers and 3 years of Design Science Research to support Legacy Firms in Designing Platforms]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platform-thinking-in-action-a-design</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platform-thinking-in-action-a-design</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Trabucchi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:13:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ijlW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7cf306e8-074d-497f-896c-0f1f65d7e5fc_1430x1478.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><span>Digital platforms have become a dominant logic for value creation and innovation, yet legacy firms still struggle to translate platform principles into actionable organizational transformation. A central reason is cognitive: managers often mis-frame platforms as digital services rather than as ecosystem-based value architectures.</span></p><p><span>This paper adopts a Design Science approach to develop and refine the Platform Thinking Journey, a composite managerial artifact that supports platform transformation in incumbent firms. Developed through a three-year, multi-firm collaboration within the Platform Thinking HUB, the artifact evolved across three iterative waves from exploratory tools into a validated journey structured around four phases: Framing, Design, Ignition, and Growth.</span></p><p><span>The resulting Platform Thinking Journey combines a process model, bounded decision cycles, and an integrated physical and digital, or &#8220;phygital&#8221;, support architecture, including cards, canvases, workshops, digital templates, and a GenAI co-thinker. Its core mechanism is to make platform theory actionable by presenting structured alternatives grounded in the literature, focusing managerial attention, reducing ambiguity, and aligning interpretation before teams consolidate choices through design tools and milestones.</span></p><p><span>The study contributes to platform and innovation management research by showing how platform transformation can be actively supported through design, and by identifying five design principles for incumbent firms: reframing from products to interactions before solutioning, structuring the process as bounded decision cycles, materializing reasoning through boundary objects, balancing conceptual depth with cognitive manageability, and sustaining reflection through phygital continuity. Methodologically, the paper offers a rigorous application of Design Science to a non-technical managerial artifact in a multi-wave, multi-firm collaborative setting.</span></p><p><span>For managers, the Platform Thinking Journey provides a structured way to reframe platform opportunities, make key design choices explicit, and sustain reflection across the transformation process.</span></p></blockquote><p><strong>Reference</strong>: Trabucchi, D., &amp; Buganza, T. (2026). <strong>Platform Thinking in Action: A design science research to bring the platform revolution in legacy firms</strong>. <em>Technovation, 156</em>, 103629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2026.103629</p><p></p><p><span>Here you find the </span><strong><span>full pape</span></strong><span>r: </span><strong><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497226001641">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497226001641</a></strong><span><br>Here you find a </span><strong><span>summary</span></strong><span>: </span></p><div class="embedded-post-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:203226865,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://platformthinkersspritz.substack.com/p/platform-thinking-in-action&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:6441329,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Platform Thinkers Spritzs&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dEGj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8dab6be6-e46c-4b30-963f-a7c829fa97e4_1080x1080.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Platform Thinking in Action&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;In 2023, when we launched the first edition of the Platform Thinking HUB, we had more questions than answers.&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-23T12:54:58.733Z&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;bylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:8422492,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Daniel Trabucchi&quot;,&quot;handle&quot;:&quot;danieltrabucchi&quot;,&quot;previous_name&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mEnN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F548bdebd-7ace-472f-a02c-c8442aeb3e80_1026x1026.png&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Daniel Trabucchi is Associate Professor at the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano. 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T. C., Leong, C., & Hastiadi, F. F.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/when-digital-platforms-enter-informal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/when-digital-platforms-enter-informal</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:16:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Digital platforms are undermining long-standing formal institutions for the organization of work. However, when they enter informal sectors, they contribute to the opposite effect by increasing the formalization of work activities. In this study, we investigate this hitherto unexamined phenomenon by drawing on a case study of Gojek, one of the largest digital platforms in Southeast Asia. We identify three main mechanisms through which the platform transformed work in an informal transportation sector to make it amenable to integration into their platform model: codifying market interactions, standardizing work practices, and controlling ecosystem boundaries. We develop an understanding of the institutional changes that supported the platform-enabled formalization by noting the shifts in the sector&#8217;s dominant institutional logic from an informal market logic to a matchmaking logic, then to a service system logic. We discuss the implications of these institutional changes for the platform and the workers.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg" width="606" height="321" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:321,&quot;width&quot;:606,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:31969,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.industryplatforms.org/i/202626211?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r8ga!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F441393e4-44ab-4645-8d91-15231a0cecbc_606x321.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><p><span data-color="rgb(34, 34, 34)" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Faik, I., Gwee, M., Tan, F. T. C., Leong, C., &amp; Hastiadi, F. F. (2026). When digital platforms enter informal sectors: work formalization and institutional change. </span><em>The Journal of Strategic Information Systems</em><span data-color="rgb(34, 34, 34)" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, </span><em>35</em><span data-color="rgb(34, 34, 34)" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">(1), 101941. doi: </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2025.101941"><span data-color="rgb(34, 34, 34)" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2025.101941 </span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Industrial Internet of Things Platforms Fail: A Structuration Theory Perspective on Platform Evolution ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kernstock, P., Hein, A., Schreieck, M., & Krcmar, H.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/why-industrial-internet-of-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/why-industrial-internet-of-things</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreas Hein]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:14:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wT35!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b5ed2f5-eca3-4e40-b1b8-2b71ac3609e1_2128x1476.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>Despite their transformative potential, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms often fail to evolve into scalable ecosystems. Research on IIoT platforms attributes failure to discrete factors such as governance misalignment or technological complexity and rarely considers how failure unfolds. This article adopts a structuration theory perspective to examine IIoT platform failure as a path&#8208;dependent process. Through a seven&#8208;year longitudinal case study of Alpha, a global industrial manufacturer, we identify four structuration mechanisms&#8212;structural embeddedness, misalignment, reproduction, and reversion&#8212;that progressively constrain platform scalability. Our findings reveal that failure is not a singular event but an emergent outcome shaped by recursive interactions between architecture, governance, and market structures, as well as strategic actions. We contribute to platform governance research by showing that IIoT platforms inherit, rather than impose, governance structures, making it crucial for firms to actively reshape contracting dependencies rather than replicating existing structures. Based on these insights, we provide recommendations for firms to design governance frameworks that foster openness, modularity, and ecosystem scalability from the outset. These insights offer a more dynamic understanding of IIoT platform evolution, informing theory and practice on overcoming the barriers to the scalability of IIoT platforms.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wT35!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b5ed2f5-eca3-4e40-b1b8-2b71ac3609e1_2128x1476.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wT35!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b5ed2f5-eca3-4e40-b1b8-2b71ac3609e1_2128x1476.jpeg 424w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Structuration process of IIoT platform failure trajectories.</figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>Kernstock, P., Hein, A., Schreieck, M., &amp; Krcmar, H. (2026). Why Industrial Internet of Things Platforms Fail: A Structuration Theory Perspective on Platform Evolution. <em>Journal of Product Innovation Management</em>. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.70039">https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.70039</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incumbent‐Born B2B Platforms: Organizational Boundary Dynamics in Platform Creation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abed Alghani, K., Rabetino, R., & Kohtam&#228;ki, M]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/incumbentborn-b2b-platforms-organizational</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/incumbentborn-b2b-platforms-organizational</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodrigo Rabetino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:51:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>This study examines the dynamics of organizational boundaries in B2B industry platform creation through an in-depth single-case study. Specifically, we address the question: How do B2B firms redefine their organizational boundaries when shifting from a pipeline model to an industry platform? This research question addresses two critical gaps in the platform literature. First, platform creation is a relatively underexplored topic, with limited attention given to organizational boundary choices in the pre-launch phase. Second, most insights stem from B2C settings, leaving the B2B context relatively overlooked. We examine the dynamics of organizational boundaries, drawing on the lenses of identity, power, competence, and efficiency, in a Finnish firm that began as a consulting firm, shifted to selling stand-alone software, and is now creating an industry platform, ultimately comprising three phases with two transitions in between. This article contributes to strategy discussions on industry platforms, specifically to boundary choices in B2B platform creation, by developing propositions that outline the dynamics of organizational boundaries in creating an industry platform through the intermediary step of offering a stand-alone product. Our study provides three key managerial takeaways for incumbents seeking to create industry platforms: phased challenge management, milestone-driven flexibility, and proactive harnessing of network externalities.</p><div><hr></div><p>Reference: Abed Alghani, K., Rabetino, R., &amp; Kohtam&#228;ki, M. (2026). Incumbent&#8208;Born B2B Platforms: Organizational Boundary Dynamics in Platform Creation. <em>Journal of Product Innovation Management</em>. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.70025">https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.70025</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing titans: Dual orchestration and governance in industrial digital platforms for B2B value co-creation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aagaard, A., Vanhaverbeke, W., & Gassmann, O.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/dancing-titans-dual-orchestration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/dancing-titans-dual-orchestration</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:40:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nfen!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c427873-6a0d-4bc5-868b-d504dc5267ad_3156x2579.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>The digitization of industrial ecosystems positions B2B industrial digital platforms as central to value co-creation and co-capture. While B2C platform governance is well-researched, few studies examine how manufacturing firms and platform providers collaboratively govern digital business models (DBMs) in B2B platform settings. Our study addresses this gap through a multiple case study of five platform providers and five B2B manufacturers, drawing on 33 semi-structured interviews and document analysis. We introduce the concept of dual orchestration&#8212;a governance approach in which platform providers and manufacturers jointly assume and adapt orchestration roles across DBM phases. We develop the Platform DBM Process Model (Figure 1), which illustrates how governance dynamics and relational mechanisms &#8211; transparency, reciprocity, commitment, proximity, and coopetition - enable dual orchestration through joint role adaptation. We present the Dual Orchestration Governance Framework for Industrial Platform DBMs (Figure 2), integrating DBM phases, relational issues, and governance mechanisms to theorize dual orchestration as a dynamic co-governance process. The study contributes to platform governance theory by specifying the structural and relational features of dual orchestration and by providing an empirically grounded account of its evolution.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nfen!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c427873-6a0d-4bc5-868b-d504dc5267ad_3156x2579.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nfen!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1c427873-6a0d-4bc5-868b-d504dc5267ad_3156x2579.jpeg 424w, 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Platform DBM process model.</figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>Aagaard, A., Vanhaverbeke, W., &amp; Gassmann, O. (2026). Dancing titans: Dual orchestration and governance in industrial digital platforms for B2B value co-creation. <em>Technovation</em>, <em>151</em>, 103419. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103419</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scalability in incumbent firms: The case of Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vendrell-Herrero, F., Vaillant, Y., & Bustinza, O. F.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/scalability-in-incumbent-firms-the</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/scalability-in-incumbent-firms-the</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ferran Vendrell-Herrero]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:04:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>Scalability refers to the organizational capabilities required to facilitate a smoother and faster scaling process. Although it is usually associated with new ventures, this study explores how established firms can also create conditions conducive to scalability. We address this question by applying an inductive, narrative-based approach to a longitudinal, single-case study of Nvidia Corporation, a company founded in 1993 that since 2006 has undergone a profound transformation driven by the AI revolution. This <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/case-study">case study</a> draws on digital archives, including objective accounting information on Nvidia and its direct competitors, extensive company reports, pedagogical case studies, corporate biographies, and 464 min of recorded documentaries and interviews featuring the company&#8217;s CEO. We use these sources to develop a multi-phase theoretical model outlining how established organizations can foster scalability. The model encompasses value recognition driven by systemic <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/economics-econometrics-and-finance/industry">industry</a> transitions, organizational adaptability, strategic renewal, and scalability, thus offering a structured framework for understanding how incumbent firms can cultivate the necessary conditions for successful scaling.</p><div><hr></div><p>Vendrell-Herrero, F., Vaillant, Y., &amp; Bustinza, O. F. (2025). Scalability in incumbent firms: The case of Nvidia. <em>Long Range Planning</em>, 102540. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2025.102540">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2025.102540</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Do B2B Platforms Fail? The Missing Links in Identity, Architecture, and Network Effects in Industrial Ecosystems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Randhawa, K., & Springer, V.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/why-do-b2b-platforms-fail</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/why-do-b2b-platforms-fail</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krithika Randhawa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:23:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>Business-to-business (B2B) platform ecosystems&#8212;connecting orchestrators, complementors, and end users&#8212;are central to digital transformation in industrial sectors. However, many B2B platforms fail to scale or sustain adoption due to challenges integrating legacy systems with digital technologies, navigating fragmented markets, and aligning diverse stakeholder expectations. While prior research emphasizes material dimensions like technical architecture and network effects, primarily in B2C contexts, the role of sociocognitive dimensions remains underexplored. We address this gap by examining platform identity and ecosystem identity as key sociocognitive dimensions that shape how platforms are perceived, trusted, and adopted. Using a multiple-case study of three failed B2B platforms (General Electric&#8217;s Predix, Vestas&#8217; Covento, and ADAMOS), we trace how misalignments across identity, architecture, and network effects disrupt coherence, stall adoption, and erode stakeholder commitment. We develop a framework capturing the dynamic interdependencies among sociocognitive (identity), technical (architecture), and market (network effects) dimensions. We demonstrate that platform and ecosystem identities are distinct yet interdependent constructs that mediate alignment between technical and market dimensions. Misalignment in any one dimension can cascade into others, creating negative feedback loops that compromise ecosystem scalability and resilience. These insights challenge dominant assumptions in engineering management that prioritize technical system optimization in isolation. By foregrounding identity as a strategic lever, we contribute a more holistic understanding of B2B platform performance and offer actionable guidance for platform orchestrators and engineering managers. To build scalable and coherent platform ecosystems, firms must align material and sociocognitive elements to foster trust, commitment, and sustained adoption in complex B2B environments.</p><div><hr></div><p>Randhawa, K., &amp; Springer, V. (2025). Why Do B2B Platforms Fail? The Missing Links in Identity, Architecture, and Network Effects in Industrial Ecosystems. <em>IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management</em>. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3608116">https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2025.3608116</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digital transformation in the B2B context: A review, theorisation and future perspectives]]></title><description><![CDATA[by Kyrdoda, Y., Marzi, G., & Vianelli, D.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/digital-transformation-in-the-b2b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/digital-transformation-in-the-b2b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:31:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BqhV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ce383e1-184f-4926-b711-a8921f6d1b09_3548x2047.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Digital transformation reshapes business models and enhances value delivery, significantly impacting business-to-business (B2B) ecosystems. This study examines this transformation through a network perspective, using the Actor-Resource-Activity (A-R-A) model to explore its implications for B2B environments. Through a Bibliometric-Systematic Literature Review, it synthesizes existing knowledge, identifies key research themes, analyzes their theoretical foundations, and highlights significant findings. The study also introduces a revised A-R-A model to reflect the role of digitalisation in B2B networks. It concludes with future research directions and discusses the theoretical and practical implications.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BqhV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ce383e1-184f-4926-b711-a8921f6d1b09_3548x2047.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BqhV!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ce383e1-184f-4926-b711-a8921f6d1b09_3548x2047.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BqhV!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3ce383e1-184f-4926-b711-a8921f6d1b09_3548x2047.jpeg 848w, 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Digital transformation in the B2B context: A review, theorisation and future perspectives. <em>Industrial Marketing Management</em>, <em>129</em>, 182-196. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.05.008">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2025.05.008</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Digital Phoenix Effect - How legacy firms can use platforms to foster innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[FREE on Amazon Kindle untill Sunday July 27th 2025]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/the-digital-phoenix-effect-how-legacy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/the-digital-phoenix-effect-how-legacy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Trabucchi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:19:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A8MY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F783a4e3c-4587-4cee-bd1f-319afda585f0_3840x2160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Phoenix-Effect-Revolution-Everything-ebook/dp/B0FD8FX6M8/">Free on Kindle Until Sunday July 27th!</a></strong></p><p>Don&#8217;t miss your chance to read <em>The Digital Phoenix Effect</em>&#8212;our new book that explores how legacy companies think about platforms and innovation.</p><p>In <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Phoenix-Effect-Revolution-Everything-ebook/dp/B0FD8FX6M8/">The Digital Phoenix Effect</a></em>, we share more than a decade of research and real-world cases&#8212;showing how legacy firms can lead the platform revolution without burning everything down. 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type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Join Us at AOM 2025 in Copenhagen!</strong></p><p>Don&#8217;t miss the AOM Symposium <strong>&#8220;Where Will the Next Wave of Multi&#8209;Sided Platform Companies Emerge?&#8221;</strong> on <strong>Tuesday, July 29</strong> from <strong>12:00&#8211;13:30 CEST</strong> at the <strong>Bella Center (Hall B &#8211; B3&#8209;m7)</strong>. Moderator <strong>Ted Ladd</strong> will lead an expert panel&#8212;<strong>Cristina Alaimo</strong>, <strong>Tommaso Buganza</strong>, <strong>Annabelle Gawer</strong>, <strong>Marin Jovanovic</strong>, and <strong>Daniel Trabucchi</strong>&#8212;as they explore emerging geographies, industries, and strategies shaping tomorrow&#8217;s platform champions.</p><p>Whether you&#8217;re a researcher, practitioner, or platform enthusiast, you&#8217;ll gain fresh insights on:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Navigating regulation:</strong> Examine how emerging frameworks in Europe and the UK&#8212;from the Digital Markets Act to the Online Safety Bill&#8212;will reshape platform design, competition, and user governance.</p></li><li><p><strong>AI&#8217;s political economy:</strong> Unpack the geopolitics of AI regulation, exploring how U.S., EU, and Asian policy rivalries will influence platform innovation, data sovereignty, and cross&#8209;border ecosystem strategies.</p></li><li><p><strong>Building resilient platforms:</strong> Identify roadmap strategies for platform firms to adapt to shifting regulatory sands and geopolitical tensions, ensuring scalable, compliant growth in tomorrow&#8217;s multi&#8209;sided markets.</p></li></ul><p>Mark your calendar and join us at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management to discover where&#8212;and how&#8212;the next generation of platform leaders will rise. We look forward to seeing you in Copenhagen!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SLhL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d529624-3023-43c8-bc8a-21e397ce24a7_1920x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SLhL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d529624-3023-43c8-bc8a-21e397ce24a7_1920x1080.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SLhL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d529624-3023-43c8-bc8a-21e397ce24a7_1920x1080.jpeg 848w, 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uR47!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac8ff7a7-76d0-480d-923b-b8bede985473_2361x1132.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>Industrial business-to-business (B2B) platforms are meta-organizations (i.e., organizations of organizations) that typically integrate digital assets with physical products such as machinery or equipment, often operating in specialized contexts with a limited network of complementors and end users. These characteristics distinguish B2B platforms from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts, as they are defined by distinctive design features and governance drivers. Yet, the current platform literature predominantly focuses on B2C markets, leaving a critical gap in understanding the design and governance of B2B platforms in industrial contexts. We address this gap by adopting a meta-organizational perspective on B2B platforms in industrial markets to examine how the distinct design features of B2B platforms shape their meta-organizational governance. First, we uncover distinctive design features of B2B platforms across three dimensions: platform market, platform architecture, and cyber-physical integration. Building on these features and evidence from the emerging literature, we classify B2B platforms into five dominant archetypes: matchmaker, application marketplace, solution enabler, consortium, and decentralized autonomous platforms. Second, we theorize that the governance of these archetypes is shaped by their design features and revolves around two main dimensions: control rights (i.e., enforcement authority) and decision rights (i.e., autonomy over platform assets). These dimensions underpin distinct governance models, which we label unified, collaborative, regulated, and algorithmic governance. We consolidate these insights into an organizing framework of B2B platform governance and contribute to the literature in four ways: (1) providing a nuanced understanding of B2B platform design and governance, (2) identifying distinct archetypes and developing a framework for B2B platform governance, (3) explaining how B2B platform design features influence governance models, and (4) setting a research agenda to strengthen the design and governance of B2B platforms. By broadening our understanding of platforms as meta-organizations, we advance knowledge of how B2B platforms create and capture value in industrial markets.</p><p>***</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uR47!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac8ff7a7-76d0-480d-923b-b8bede985473_2361x1132.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uR47!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fac8ff7a7-76d0-480d-923b-b8bede985473_2361x1132.jpeg 424w, 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T. (2025). Platform design and governance in industrial markets: Charting the meta-organizational logic. <em>Research Policy, 54</em>(6), 105236. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105236">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105236</a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Platform Ecosystems, Bottlenecks, and M&A Activity: Implications for Platform Regulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Joey van Angeren, Milan Miric, Hakan Ozalp]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platform-ecosystems-bottlenecks-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platform-ecosystems-bottlenecks-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hakan Ozalp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:46:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An increasing number of firms are part of a platform ecosystem, and this directly impacts their ability to create and capture value. In these ecosystems, various actors - notably the platform itself but also other actors - can gain control over strategic bottlenecks that govern how others may create and capture value. Control over key bottlenecks comes with significant possibilities to exert market power, and therefore there is a growing interest in how to best regulate platform firms as well as other powerful ecosystem actors. We examine the evolution of the console gaming industry from 1990 onwards, studying the shift in bottlenecks and the resulting shifts in ecosystem interdependencies and strategic acquisition patterns. Within this context we see bottlenecks shift, from platforms, to distributors, towards platforms again, and onto tool developers. These dynamics provide important insights into market power in platform ecosystems and digital markets more broadly, and in turn have implications for regulation. We contribute an evolutionary perspective that provides a framework for thinking about the shifting of bottlenecks and interdependencies within platform ecosystems and its consequences. </p><p>See more at: Forthcoming in <a href="https://journals.aom.org/journal/amp">Academy of Management Perspectives</a> (<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387658468_Platform_Ecosystems_Bottlenecks_and_MA_Activity_Implications_for_Platform_Regulation">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387658468_Platform_Ecosystems_Bottlenecks_and_MA_Activity_Implications_for_Platform_Regulation</a>)</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Junior (doctoral) researcher in business models for B2B platforms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deadline: February 9, 2025]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/junior-doctoral-researcher-in-business</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/junior-doctoral-researcher-in-business</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pia Hautamäki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:09:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/84712bb1-632a-4ddf-b016-2c0b14233bd3_2032x1536.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>LUT Business School</strong> is looking for a <strong>junior (doctoral) researcher in business models for B2B platforms </strong>to strengthen its sales research team.</p><p><strong>We are seeking </strong>a curious and motivated individual interested in business-to-business (B2B) digital platform business models. Digital platforms in the B2B context are often built on industrial products and portfolios of related offerings, integrating various digital services and value-added features. We invite candidates with a strong desire to learn to join our sales research team as a junior researcher, focusing on B2B digital platforms from the business growth and sales management perspectives.</p><p><strong>Junior researchers </strong>are required to have a master&#8217;s degree in a relevant field (e.g., international business, industrial engineering, management, and marketing), the ability to complete the doctoral degree within the standard duration of the studies for the degree, and a right to complete doctoral studies at LUT University.</p><p>Junior researchers must submit an application for the right to complete doctoral studies with all required appendices to the LUT Doctoral School within the first two months of the employment relationship.</p><p>Written and spoken proficiency in English is required in this position. You should have basic knowledge of sales and marketing management or another relevant field.</p><p>The job entails writing a dissertation on a research area such as</p><ul><li><p>Development of value propositions, product-service offerings, and business models in the context of B2B digital platforms</p></li><li><p>Selling digital platform products and services in B2B markets</p></li><li><p>B2B sales management and sales models in platform markets</p></li><li><p>Business models for driving growth through digital platforms</p></li></ul><p><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><p>Completion of the doctoral degree within four years</p></li><li><p>Participation in research projects</p></li><li><p>Assisting in teaching</p></li></ul><p><strong>What we offer</strong></p><ul><li><p>An opportunity to launch a successful academic career and become an expert in B2B sales and platform research</p></li><li><p>A four-year (1+3 years) employment contract for completing the doctoral degree</p><ul><li><p>The contract will be made initially for one year and can be extended by three years provided that the studies and research have progressed successfully</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Encouraging and supportive supervision by and research collaboration with Assistant Professor <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Pia Hautam&#228;ki&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:313055273,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/48d60133-3403-46b1-8a72-061ca6d8c61d_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;12b4e78c-6957-4a5f-b074-724e9e965c3d&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> (LUT Business School), Professor <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Paavo Ritala&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:112745520,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1c74d1bd-0d24-4d5f-8b5e-0ffb74c902b5_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9218842a-6b1c-44b6-b0a7-28b57046a974&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> (LUT Business School) and Associate Professor <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Marin Jovanovic&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:110459707,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/62913a3e-c56f-448e-a873-bb8050465fc8_220x217.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;38790c86-2add-46e1-b05f-9e435e955c94&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> (Copenhagen Business School), who are all experts in the subject area</p></li></ul><p><strong>Employment relationship and pay</strong></p><p>The work will start in March&#8211;April 2025 (negotiable) with a six-month trial period. The job is based in Lahti, Finland.</p><p>The salary is based on the current collective agreement for Finnish universities. The typical gross annual starting salary for a junior researcher is approximately 32 500 euros a year. The salary includes a personal performance-based element. Junior researchers who meet certain publishing criteria are also eligible for publication bonuses.</p><p>In addition, the wide range of benefits that come with the job include a holiday bonus, generous annual leave, a research incentive scheme with personal rewards for high-quality publications, flexible working hours, occupational health care, a collegial working environment, and continued commitment to your support, learning, training, and development.</p><p><strong>How to apply</strong></p><p>The deadline for applications is <strong>9 February 2025</strong> at midnight, Finnish local time (UTC +2h). Please submit your application together with the required attachments in English through the university&#8217;s online application system:</p><ul><li><p>A curriculum vitae (CV)</p></li><li><p>A copy of your degree certificate; if the original documents are not in English, Finnish, or Swedish, each document must be accompanied by an official certified translation into English or Finnish</p></li><li><p>A motivation letter: an account of your merits and activities of significance to the vacancy (max. 2 pages)</p></li><li><p>A research plan (3&#8211;5 pages) presenting an outline for your dissertation research, a review of relevant literature, and possible research methods</p></li></ul><p>We prefer application documents in PDF format. Only applications including the required documents will be considered.</p><p><strong>For more information</strong>, please contact Assistant Professor <strong>Pia Hautam&#228;ki</strong>, <strong><a href="mailto://pia.hautamaki@lut.fi">pia.hautamaki@lut.fi</a></strong>.</p><p>Read more about<strong><a href="https://www.lut.fi/en/about-us/come-work-us/lut-employer"> LUT as an employer</a></strong> and the<strong><a href="https://www.lut.fi/en/research/doctoral-school"> LUT Doctoral School</a></strong>.</p><p>Explore<strong><a href="https://www.lut.fi/en/about-us/come-work-us/international-staff-and-visitors"> information for international staff</a></strong>.</p><p><em><strong>LUT University</strong> | Clean energy, water and air are life-giving resources for which we at LUT University seek new solutions with our expertise in technology, business and social sciences. We help society and businesses in their sustainable renewal. Our international community consists of over 9 000 members. Our campuses are in Lappeenranta and Lahti, Finland. We are one of the world's top universities for climate action. <strong><a href="https://www.lut.fi/en">lut.fi/en</a></strong></em></p><p>Technical support for using the recruitment system: <strong><a href="mailto://recruitment@lut.fi">recruitment@lut.fi</a></strong>.</p><p><strong><a href="https://lut.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_A&amp;jid=1207&amp;rspvt=ht319ecw4eg444sksowo0s4o0gw4csg#login_form">APPLY HERE!</a></strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pivoting B2B platform business models: From platform experimentation to multi-platform integration to ecosystem envelopment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abstract]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/pivoting-b2b-platform-business-models</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/pivoting-b2b-platform-business-models</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Clara Filosa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:22:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZzSl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bfb0a34-b9db-4815-bb64-c1dac3e6b189_3060x1274.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>The landscape of digital servitization in the manufacturing sector is evolving, marked by a strategic shift from traditional product-centric to platform business models (BMs). Manufacturing firms often employ a blend of approaches to develop business-to-business (B2B) platforms, leading to significant reconfigurations in their BMs. However, they frequently encounter failures in their B2B platform development initiatives, leading them to abandon initial efforts and pivot to alternative platform strategies. Therefore, this study, through an in-depth case study of a manufacturer in the energy sector, articulates a three-phase pivoting framework for B2B platform BMs, including platform development and platform strategy. Initially, the manufacturer focused on asset-based product sales supplemented by asset maintenance services and followed an emergent platformization strategy characterized by the rise of multiple, independent B2B platforms catering to diverse functions. Next, focusing on the imposed customer journey strategy, the firm shifted towards a strategic multi-platform integration into an all-encompassing platform supported by artificial intelligence (AI), signaling a maturation of the platform BM to combine a wide range of services into an energy-performance-based contract. Finally, the last step of the firm's platform BM evolution consisted of a deliberate platform strategy open to external stakeholders and enveloping its data-driven offerings within a broader platform ecosystem. This article advances B2B platform BMs and digital servitization literature, highlighting the efficacy of a progressive approach and strategic pivoting.</p><p>***</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZzSl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bfb0a34-b9db-4815-bb64-c1dac3e6b189_3060x1274.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZzSl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5bfb0a34-b9db-4815-bb64-c1dac3e6b189_3060x1274.jpeg 424w, 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q95w!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4bde212-e8c7-4618-b1b5-05f64ffed86e_3059x1573.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q95w!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4bde212-e8c7-4618-b1b5-05f64ffed86e_3059x1573.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!q95w!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe4bde212-e8c7-4618-b1b5-05f64ffed86e_3059x1573.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Full reference: Filosa, C., Jovanovic, M., Agostini, L., &amp; Nosella, A. (2024). Pivoting B2B Platform Business Models: From Platform Experimentation to Multi-Platform Integration to Ecosystem Envelopment. <em>International Journal of Production Economics</em>, 109466. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109466">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109466</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for Papers – Special Issue on Platform Partnerships in JSIS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS, AJG 4)]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/call-for-papers-special-issue-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/call-for-papers-special-issue-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marin Jovanovic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 07:55:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you researching platform ecosystems and their evolving dynamics? We are excited to announce a <strong>Call for Papers</strong> for the <strong>Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS)</strong> Special Issue on <strong>Platform Partnerships</strong>, guest-edited by a global team of experts:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Thomas Huber</strong> (ESSEC Business School, France)</p></li><li><p><strong>Maximilian Schreieck</strong> (University of Innsbruck, Austria)</p></li><li><p><strong>Andreas Hein</strong> (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland)</p></li><li><p><strong>Ilan Oshri</strong> (University of Auckland, New Zealand)</p></li><li><p><strong>Julia Kotlarsky</strong> (University of Auckland, New Zealand)</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Why This Special Issue?</h3><p>Platform partnerships between platform owners and third-party complementors are reshaping how digital ecosystems operate. The rapid adoption of technologies like <strong>AI</strong>, <strong>IoT</strong>, <strong>low-code/no-code platforms</strong>, and <strong>blockchain</strong> is revolutionizing collaboration, innovation, and governance. Yet, these advancements raise critical questions:</p><ul><li><p>How are value co-creation and appropriation changing with AI and distributed technologies?</p></li><li><p>Are platform owners reinforcing control, or are complementors being empowered?</p></li><li><p>How do regulatory frameworks like the EU's Digital Markets Act impact platform dynamics?</p></li></ul><p>This special issue seeks to explore these shifts, offering a platform for groundbreaking research that blends theory and practice.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Potential Topics of Interest</h3><p>We invite papers that address, but are not limited to:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Platform Partnerships and Emerging Technologies:</strong> AI, IoT, and blockchain's role in shaping partnerships.</p></li><li><p><strong>Platform Power and Regulation:</strong> Strategies for navigating power asymmetries and adapting to regulatory changes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Governance in Platform Ecosystems:</strong> Managing tensions between control and autonomy in partnerships.</p></li><li><p><strong>Evolving Sourcing Arrangements:</strong> The interplay of platforms in dynamic sourcing relationships.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Submission Timeline</h3><ul><li><p><strong>December 5, 2024</strong>: Online information session</p></li><li><p><strong>December 15, 2024</strong>: Meet the SI Editors at the Pre-ICIS workshop</p></li><li><p><strong>September 15, 2025</strong>: Full paper submission deadline</p></li><li><p><strong>December 15, 2025</strong>: First-round decisions</p></li><li><p><strong>March 15, 2026</strong>: Revised paper submission</p></li><li><p><strong>October 2026</strong>: Final decisions (tentative)</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>How to Participate</h3><p>Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality empirical, conceptual, design, and simulation research. Unsure if your work fits? Reach out to the guest editors for guidance.</p><p>Link: <a href="https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/AISNET/5db2ec3f-ff6d-4a2f-9a2e-53d9562a8bf1/UploadedImages/Platform_Partnerships_JSIS_Special_Issue_CALL_FOR_PAPERS_2.pdf">Call for Papers &#8211; Special Issue on Platform Partnerships in JSIS</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orchestration logics for artificial intelligence platforms: From raw data to industry‐specific applications]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weber, M., Hein, A., Weking, J., & Krcmar, H.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/orchestration-logics-for-artificial</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/orchestration-logics-for-artificial</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andreas Hein]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:24:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms face distinct orchestration challenges in industry-specific settings, such as the need for specialised resources, data-sharing concerns, heterogeneous users and context-sensitive applications. This study investigates how these platforms can effectively orchestrate autonomous actors in developing and consuming AI applications despite these challenges. Through an analysis of five AI platforms for medical imaging, we identify four orchestration logics: platform resourcing, data-centric collaboration, distributed refinement and application brokering. These logics illustrate how platform owners can verticalize the AI development process by orchestrating actors who co-create, share and refine data and AI models, ultimately producing industry-specific applications capable of generalisation. Our findings extend research on platform orchestration logics and change our perspective from boundary resources to a process of boundary processing. These insights provide a theoretical foundation and practical strategies to build effective industry-specific AI platforms.</p><p><strong>Framework</strong>: </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg" width="1456" height="701" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:701,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:121139,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LeBC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd3148a8-c681-4a44-af15-af623a83f8ce_1646x792.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Four orchestration logics of industry-specific artificial intelligence platforms.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><p>***</p><p>Reference: Weber, M., Hein, A., Weking, J., &amp; Krcmar, H. (2024). Orchestration logics for artificial intelligence platforms: From raw data to industry&#8208;specific applications. <em>Information Systems Journal</em>. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12567">https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12567</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How does competition influence innovative effort within a platform-based ecosystem? Contrasting paid and unpaid contributors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miric, Milan, and Lars Bo Jeppesen]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/how-does-competition-influence-innovative</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/how-does-competition-influence-innovative</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 08:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abstract</p><p>Unpaid individuals are an important source of contributions to many ecosystems. An understudied phenomenon is how such contributions are shaped by competition. In this paper, we study how the rate and type of new product creation are shaped by competition. We contrast its impact on &#8220;paid&#8221; developers that profit by selling their products to that on &#8220;unpaid&#8221; developers that release their software for free. Using a hand-collected dataset on the jailbreak ecosystem, we find that increasing competition has a stronger negative effect on the rate of innovation by paid developers than that of unpaid developers. We also find that increasing competition is associated with a reduction in the reuse of existing technological components by unpaid developers, relative to paid developers, suggesting that the types of products developed also shift as competition increases. The results suggest that competition has an important role in shaping innovation in platform-based ecosystems, but that it differs for paid and unpaid contributors.</p><p>***</p><p>Miric, M., &amp; Jeppesen, L. B. (2023). How does competition influence innovative effort within a platform-based ecosystem? Contrasting paid and unpaid contributors. <em>Research Policy</em>, <em>52</em>(7), 104790. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104790">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104790</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From product system to ecosystem: How firms adapt to provide an integrated value proposition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stonig, Joachim, Torsten Schmid, and G&#252;nter M&#252;ller&#8208;Stewens]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/from-product-system-to-ecosystem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/from-product-system-to-ecosystem</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 13:12:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Z1F!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fecf7bae2-4bf9-4712-96b8-01746044640f_1280x1280.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Abstract</strong> </p><p>Ecosystems represent a key challenge for established firms, shifting their focus from products to system-level collaboration around integrated value propositions. This longitudinal case study of a machine manufacturer reports how an established firm created an ecosystem to enhance its focal product. Drawing on an activity system lens, we develop a model how firms can achieve fit around an integrated value proposition through mutual adaptation of product and ecosystem activities. This strategic transformation is supported by a shift towards collaborative organizational design. We elaborate on how firms can create non-generic complementarities between products and the emerging ecosystem through product adaptations, demonstrate the role of internal and external collaboration in developing ecosystem orchestration capabilities, and highlight data generation and processing as critical factors in realizing complementarities.</p><p>***</p><p>Stonig, Joachim, Torsten Schmid, and G&#252;nter M&#252;ller&#8208;Stewens. "From product system to ecosystem: How firms adapt to provide an integrated value proposition." <em>Strategic Management Journal</em> 43.9 (2022): 1927-1957. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3390">https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3390</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Platformizers, Orchestrators, and Guardians: Three Types of B2B Platform Business Models]]></title><description><![CDATA[In: Aagaard, A. (eds) Business Model Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.]]></description><link>https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platformizers-orchestrators-and-guardians</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.industryplatforms.org/p/platformizers-orchestrators-and-guardians</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paavo Ritala]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:21:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This chapter develops a typology of B2B platform business models. B2B platforms can be divided into three types depending on the nature of the platform market structures they enable. (1) <em>The product-service platformizer</em> business model creates a platform-like interface on top of a product or service and helps bring in externally-provided&nbsp;production-side complements to join the focal firm&#8217;s value proposition. (2) <em>The platform ecosystem orchestrator</em> opens a multi-sided market on top of a B2B product-service value proposition and enables customers to select complements from an ecosystem. (3) <em>The platform market guardian</em> creates an open or semi-open platform marketplace for other B2B firms to transact products or services. For each type, we discuss and illustrate the B2B firm&#8217;s value creation and capture logic, platform governance, and platform architecture characteristics.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png" width="1456" height="820" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:820,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:199122,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xIZh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25ddbfb0-a977-4b98-8961-5167a6647899_1757x989.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><strong>Platformizers, Orchestrators, and Guardians: Three Types of B2B Platform Business Models</strong></figcaption></figure></div><p>***<br>Full reference: Ritala, P., Jovanovic, M. (2024). Platformizers, Orchestrators, and Guardians: Three Types of B2B Platform Business Models. In: Aagaard, A. (eds) Business Model Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57511-2_4">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57511-2_4</a> </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>