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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Does information technology governance strengthen or weaken contract control in digital platform relationships
TL;DR: The empirical results show that contract completeness and information technology governance independently improved financial performance, while contract enforcement had an inverted U-shaped effect on financial performance.
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Blockchain for Education Enterprises: A Digital Transformation Perspective of Strategic Learning
TL;DR: In this article, a blockchain for education learning ledger (BELL) model is proposed to capture and track 21C skills demanded by Industry 4.0, which includes an innovative assess skills chain for developing strategic learning capabilities.
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How do institutional effects shape open innovation adoption?
Chung-Lin Tsai,Joon Mo Ahn +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors focus on the analytical investigation of the three main institutional effects, i.e., coercive, mimetic and normative forces, on the implementation of OI.
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Do digital platforms promote or hinder corporate brand prestige?
TL;DR: In this paper , the effects of the two digital platform functions, technical and social functions, on a company's brand prestige are compared and compared with a survey of 240 companies in China that deploy digital platforms.
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Thinking infrastructures and decentering digital platforms in the sharing economy: from matchmaking to boundary making
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the representation of Uber as a digital platform, as just the technological infrastructure connecting car drivers with clients, is a political act that attempts to redefine social responsibilities, while obscuring important dimensions of the algorithmic infrastructure that regulates this socioeconomic practice.
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