Platform development: Emerging insights from a nascent industry

Xiaohui Shi; Feng Li; Pattarin Chumnumpan

doi:10.1177/0149206320929428

Platform development: Emerging insights from a nascent industry

Xiaohui Shi^*, Feng Li, Pattarin Chumnumpan

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Abstract

This article investigates the emergence and development of the innovation platform in a nascent industry, through a dynamic capabilities perspective. Based on an inductive study of the U.K.’s tele-rehabilitation through gaming (TRTG) industry, we identify four capabilities that are important for successful platform development: innovation leverage, market exploration, quality control, and appropriation. A holistic framework is developed to explain how these capabilities can facilitate platform development by enabling appropriate business models and activities. We then discuss how a firm could define and redefine its firm boundary in order to deploy the four capabilities for platform development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2037-2073
Number of pages	37
Journal	Journal of Management
Volume	47
Issue number	8
Early online date	10 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206320929428
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2021

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) with ESRC and NIHR under the Assisted Living Innovation Platform Programme, reference number TP 2377-25137. We are grateful to our editor and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. All omissions and errors remain our own.

Keywords

innovation platform
dynamic capabilities
nascent industry
TRANSACTION COSTS
MARKETS
DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES
NETWORKS
DIGITAL INNOVATION
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
EVOLUTION
BOUNDARY RESOURCES
COMPETITION
FIRM

UN SDGs

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