Platform competition: Strategic trade-offs in platform markets

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1331-1350

  Cennamo, Carmelo ^a   Santalo, Juan ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

ecosystem; multisided markets; platform competition; platform positioning; strategic trade offs; winner take all

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES; DOMINANT STRATEGY; NETWORK EFFECTS; PLATFORM POSITIONING; PLATFORM SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC TRADE-OFFS; VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY; WINNER TAKE ALLS;

ECOSYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84884284115     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2066     Document Type: Article

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