Architectural Leverage: Putting Platforms in Context
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Abstract
The use of the term platform has proliferated in management research. However, theoretical work on the concept has lagged behind. We present a systematic review of the platform literature, identifying four distinct streams: organizational platforms, product family platforms, market intermediary platforms, and platform ecosystems. Each of these streams is characterized by a distinctive, although usually implied, theoretical logic. We elaborate on the theoretical logics of leverage and architectural openness, both of which underpin all four streams of platform research. We further discuss three distinctive leverage rationales exhibited in different platform variants—production, innovation, and transaction—and…
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- Leverage (statistics)
- Computer science
- Knowledge management
- Openness to experience
- Data science
- Database transaction
- Process management
- Software engineering
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