In Search of New Perspective on Electronic Marketplaces

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Abstract

While Electronic Marketplaces (EMs) have existed for the past 30 years, recent technological developments and changing consumer preferences have led to the emergence of Global Online Marketplaces (GOMPs), such as Amazon, Alibaba, eBay, which we view as a new type of EMs. Moving away from traditional linear thinking inherent in supply chain management, these GOMPs operate as Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPEs), which require platform thinking, rooted in network economics. Surprisingly, while researchers have recognized that EMs exhibit the characteristics of DPEs, current research remains predominantly stuck in applying supply chain thinking rather than embracing platform thinking. We argue that such a mismatch can inhibit our ability to comprehend the nature of GOMPs as new type of EMs. To address this gap, we perform hermeneutic literature review encompassing 75 articles from various fields of inquiry, spanning from 1991 to 2018. The purpose of this literature review is to first investigate which aspects of the DPE literature are addressed in the current EM literature, and second, to bridge the two streams of literature by outlining research gaps, which scholars can address in order to provide better understanding of the characteristics, development and impact of GOMPs as new type of EMs.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelECIS 2019 Proceedings
Antal sider17
UdgivelsesstedAtlanta, GA
ForlagAssociation for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publikationsdato2019
ISBN (Trykt)9781733632508
StatusUdgivet - 2019
BegivenhedThe 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2019: Information Systems for a Sharing Society - Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sverige
Varighed: 8 jun. 201914 jun. 2019
Konferencens nummer: 27
http://ecis2019.eu/

Konference

KonferenceThe 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2019
Nummer27
LokationStockholm University
Land/OmrådeSverige
ByStockholm
Periode08/06/201914/06/2019
Internetadresse
NavnProceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems
ISSN0000-0034

Emneord

  • Electronic marketplaces
  • Digital platform ecosystems
  • Hermeneutic literature review
  • Global online marketplaces

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