Evolutionary competition in platform ecosystems

Information Systems Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 266-281

  Tiwana, Amrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apps; Ecosystems; Endogeneity; Evolution; Garen; Input control; Modularity; Platform extensions; Platform governance; Platforms

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

ENDOGENEITY; EVOLUTION; GAREN; MODULARITY; PLATFORM EXTENSIONS; PLATFORM GOVERNANCE; PLATFORMS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84959206782     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2015.0573     Document Type: Article

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