TY - GEN
T1 - Wolf in a sheep's clothing
T2 - 2020 International Conference on Information Systems - Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global, ICIS 2020
AU - Halckenhaeusser, André
AU - Foerderer, Jens
AU - Heinzl, Armin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Digital platform ecosystems such as Apple iOS, SAP, and Google Android are transforming the nature of innovation and competition. Many firms find themselves as complementors to a dominant platform, at risk of experiencing competition with the platform owner. For example, platform owners release complements or integrate features into the platform thereby directly harming complementors' businesses. While extant work focused on understanding how such competition affects complementors' outcomes, it is yet to investigate when complementors face competition with platform owners in the first place. This paper presents an ongoing research project in which we seek to develop and test four hypotheses regarding this intriguing occurrence. We build a unique dataset that encompasses market entries by Google on Android and Apple on iOS and estimate a survival model in which market niches are metaphorically “at risk” of facing competition with platform owners.
AB - Digital platform ecosystems such as Apple iOS, SAP, and Google Android are transforming the nature of innovation and competition. Many firms find themselves as complementors to a dominant platform, at risk of experiencing competition with the platform owner. For example, platform owners release complements or integrate features into the platform thereby directly harming complementors' businesses. While extant work focused on understanding how such competition affects complementors' outcomes, it is yet to investigate when complementors face competition with platform owners in the first place. This paper presents an ongoing research project in which we seek to develop and test four hypotheses regarding this intriguing occurrence. We build a unique dataset that encompasses market entries by Google on Android and Apple on iOS and estimate a survival model in which market niches are metaphorically “at risk” of facing competition with platform owners.
KW - Competition
KW - Complementors
KW - Mobile platforms
KW - Platform ecosystems
KW - Platform governance
KW - Platform owner entry
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103471722&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85103471722
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2020 - Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global
BT - International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2020 - Making Digital Inclusive
PB - Association for Information Systems
Y2 - 13 December 2020 through 16 December 2020
ER -