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The Benefits of Digital Platform on Complementors: A Systemic Review of the Literature  

Kim, Juhee (Kookmin University, Research Center for Innovative Firms)
Kim, Dohyeon (Kookmin University)
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship / v.16, no.3, 2021 , pp. 159-175 More about this Journal
Abstract
Business ecosystem is becoming more inclined towards platform ecosystem, which attracts multi-side participants based on digital technology. The burgeoning interest in digital ecosystem leads to the rapid rise of research. In this paper, we suggest a research agenda, focusing on the benefits of complementors in platform ecosystem. First, we outline the extant papers on benefits from platform to participants from economic perspective, strategic management perspective, technology management perspective, and economic sociological perspective to provide comprehensive understanding about platform ecosystem. Second, we suggest systemic framework to provide integrative insights on the the topic of benefit from platform to complementors- (1) open innovation view, (2) economic performance view, and (3) sociological view. Specifically, we focus on empirical studies that investigate the relationship between the benefits from platform and spillover effects on complementors based on various dataset. In addition, by reviewing the past empirical research, we suggest future research agenda and implications for policy in platform ecosystem.
Keywords
Platform Ecosystem; Benefits from Platform Platform Spillover Effects; Complementors;
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