TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-evolution of Platform Architecture, Platform Services, and Platform Governance
T2 - Expanding the Platform Value of Industrial Digital Platforms
AU - Jovanovic, Marin
AU - Sjödin, David
AU - Parida, Vinit
N1 - Published online: 10. Januar 2021.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Industrial manufacturers increasingly develop digital platforms in the business-to-business (B2B) context. This emergent form of digital platforms requires a profound yet little understood holistic perspective that encompasses the co-evolution of platform architecture, platform services, and platform governance. To address this research gap, our study examines multiple platform sponsors from an industrial manufacturing context. The study demarcates three platform archetypes: product platform, supply chain platform, and platform ecosystem. We argue that each platform archetype involves a gradual development of platform architecture, platform services, and platform governance, which mirror each other. We also find that each platform archetype is characterized by a specific innovation mechanism that contributes to the platform service discovery and expands the platform value. Our study extends the co-evolution perspective of platform ecosystem literature and digital servitization literature.
AB - Industrial manufacturers increasingly develop digital platforms in the business-to-business (B2B) context. This emergent form of digital platforms requires a profound yet little understood holistic perspective that encompasses the co-evolution of platform architecture, platform services, and platform governance. To address this research gap, our study examines multiple platform sponsors from an industrial manufacturing context. The study demarcates three platform archetypes: product platform, supply chain platform, and platform ecosystem. We argue that each platform archetype involves a gradual development of platform architecture, platform services, and platform governance, which mirror each other. We also find that each platform archetype is characterized by a specific innovation mechanism that contributes to the platform service discovery and expands the platform value. Our study extends the co-evolution perspective of platform ecosystem literature and digital servitization literature.
KW - Digital servitization
KW - Industrial digital platforms
KW - Platform architecture
KW - Platform service
KW - Platform ecosystem
KW - Digital servitization
KW - Industrial digital platforms
KW - Platform architecture
KW - Platform service
KW - Platform ecosystem
U2 - 10.1016/j.technovation.2020.102218
DO - 10.1016/j.technovation.2020.102218
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0166-4972
VL - 118
JO - Technovation
JF - Technovation
M1 - 102218
ER -