Title
Platform Synergy: Architectural Origins and Competitive Consequences
Abstract
AbstractThe internal architecture of apps has yet to receive attention in platform studies, which predominantly study apps' platform-facing, external architecture. We develop a theory of how the interplay between an app's internal and external architecture shape its ability to leverage the platform to outcompete rival apps. Primary and archival data spanning four years from 618 BlackberryOS apps show how internal architecture's complementarity with external architecture influences an app's competitive lead.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1287/isre.2017.0739
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
near decomposability, architecture, platform synergy, modularity, monolithic, apps, innovation race
Complementarity (molecular biology),Architecture,Economics,Leverage (finance),Archival research,Knowledge management,Modularity
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
4
1526-5536
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.36
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amrit Tiwana1156482.28