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| Title: | Participation in a Platform Ecosystem: Appropriability,
Competition,andAccess to the Installed Base |
| Authors: | Huang, Peng - Georgia Institute of Technology
Ceccagnoli, Marco - Georgia Institute of Technology
Forman, Chris - Georgia Institute of Technology
Wu, D.J. - Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Keywords: | platform ecosystem; partnership; intellectual property rights;
downstream capabilities |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | Net Institute Working Paper;09-14 |
| Abstract: | In this study we examine the antecedents of small independent software
vendor (ISV) decisions to join a platform ecosystem. Using data on the
history of partnering activities from 1201 ISVs from 1996 to 2004, we
find that appropriability strategies based on intellectual property
rights and the possession of downstream complementary capabilities by
ISVs are positively related to partnership formation, and ISVs use these
two mechanisms as substitutes to prevent expropriation by the platform
owner. In addition, we show that greater competition in downstream
product markets between the ISV and the platform owner is associated
with a lower likelihood of partnership formation, while the platform's
penetration into the ISV's target industries is positively associated
with the propensity to partner. The results highlight the role of
innovation appropriation, downstream complementary capabilities, and
collaborative competition in the formation of a platform ecosystem. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/29510 |
| Appears in Collections: | NET Institute Working Papers Series
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