Platform Evolution: Coevolution of Platform Architecture, Governance, and Environmental Dynamics.

Author List: Tiwana, Amrit; Konsynski, Benn; Bush, Ashley A.;
Information Systems Research, 2010, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 675-687.
The emergence of software-based platforms is shifting competition toward platform-centric ecosystems, although this phenomenon has not received much attention in information systems research. Our premise is that the coevolution of the design, governance, and environmental dynamics of such ecosystems influences how they evolve. We present a framework for understanding platform-based ecosystems and discuss five broad research questions that present significant research opportunities for contributing homegrown theory about their evolutionary dynamics to the information systems discipline and distinctive information technology-artifact-centric contributions to the strategy, economics, and software engineering reference disciplines.
Keywords: architecture; coevolution; ecosystem; environment; evolutionary dynamics; governance; modularity; platforms
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#98 0.342 platform platforms dynamics ecosystem greater generation open ecosystems evolution two-sided technologies investigate generations migration services implications interplay disruptive control markets
#222 0.310 research researchers framework future information systems important present agenda identify areas provide understanding contributions using literature studies paper potential review
#287 0.143 design systems support development information proposed approach tools using engineering current described developing prototype flexible built architecture environment integrated designing
#76 0.068 governance relational mechanisms bpo rights process coordination outsourcing contractual arrangements technology benefits view informal business formal exchange hybrid complementarity flexibility
#165 0.067 uncertainty contingency integration environmental theory data fit key using model flexibility perspective environment perspectives high conditions processing examine issue uncertain