Introduction-Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age
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This editorial reviews key insights from the literature on digital infrastructures and platforms, present emerging research themes, highlight the contributions developed from each of the six articles in this special issue, and conclude with suggestions for further research.Abstract:
In the last few years, leading-edge research from information systems, strategic management, and economics have separately informed our understanding of platforms and infrastructures in the digital age. Our motivation for undertaking this special issue rests in the conviction that it is significant to discuss platforms and infrastructures concomitantly, while enabling knowledge from diverse disciplines to cross-pollinate to address critical, pressing policy challenges and inform strategic thinking across both social and business spheres. In this editorial, we review key insights from the literature on digital infrastructures and platforms, present emerging research themes, highlight the contributions developed from each of the six articles in this special issue, and conclude with suggestions for further research.read more
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Blockchain-based electronic identification: cross-country comparison of six design choices
TL;DR: A comparison of two traditional eID initiatives in Finland and Sweden and one blockchain-based eID initiative in Taiwan is offered and the findings show that the repertoire for design choices in eID solutions is expanded by the application of the blockchain.
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Communication in the Gig Economy: Buying and Selling in Online Freelance Marketplaces
Stephan Ludwig,Dennis Herhausen,Dhruv Grewal,Liliana L. Bove,Sabine Benoit,Ko de Ruyter,Peter J. Urwin +6 more
TL;DR: The gig economy relies on online freelance marketplaces, which support relatively anonymous interactions through text-based messages as mentioned in this paper. Informational asymmetries thus arise that can lead to lea...
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And the Winner Is …? The Desirable and Undesirable Effects of Platform Awards
TL;DR: In this article, the authors study platform firms' decision to recognize innovation by complementors ex post through awards and show that such awards might set incentives for complementors' product strategies.
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Blockchain and the Resurrection of Consumer Sovereignty in a Sustainable Food Economy
TL;DR: In our own family, we buy grass-finished certified organic beef from a rancher almost literally in our own backyard as discussed by the authors, and we know the supplier of our food not only as a producer, but as a friend.
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Co-creating business value through IT-business operational alignment in inter-organisational relationships: empirical evidence from regional networks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the value-creation potential of interorganisational IT alignment, focusing mainly on intra-organisation alignment, leaving much to learn about the value creation potential of its largely neglected inter-organised counte...
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