scholarly journals Moving towards digital platforms revolution? Antecedents, determinants and conceptual framework for offline B2B networks

2022 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 344-363
Author(s):  
Diego Falcão Peruchi ◽  
Diego Augusto de Jesus Pacheco ◽  
Bruna Villa Todeschini ◽  
Carla Schwengber ten Caten
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Digital Platforms

Forest Fire Scenarios in Digital Platforms

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-176
Author(s):  
Liliana Gonçalves ◽  
Lídia Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Fire Scenarios ◽  
Facebook Pages

Forest fires are widespread in Portugal, particularly in the summer. Recently, in 2017, Portugal had two great fires. As a result, more than 120 people died, hundreds suffered injuries and registered significant economic and environmental losses. Since then, and due to the evolution and democratization of the internet and technology devices, forest fire content is much more common in cyberspace. Thus, to understand this issue, the authors propose to outline a profile of the digital platforms used in forest fire situations. The goal is to understand the uses and commitment arising from forest fires' issues in digital platforms by presenting a conceptual framework in Portugal's specific case. The authors analyzed webpages, mobile apps, Facebook pages and groups, and YouTube channels, focusing on forest fires contents. By understanding the kind of digital platform, its contents, uses, and interaction, this chapter contributes to understanding digital platforms' role in crisis and disaster scenarios such as wildfires.

scholarly journals Crisis behaviors as drivers of value co-creation transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Edvardsson ◽  
Bård Tronvoll
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Mental Models ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
Service Ecosystems ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Purpose The paper aims to conceptualize how behavioral shifts in times of crisis drive the transformation of value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach Referencing two empirical contexts, the paper explores how digital service platforms facilitate changes in actors’ mental models and institutional arrangements (legal, social, technological) that drive transformation of value co-creation in service ecosystems. Findings The proposed conceptual framework contributes to existing research by identifying micro-level changes in actors’ mental models and macro-level changes in institutional arrangements enabled by digital service platforms in service ecosystems. In particular, the framework identifies motivation, agility and resistance as moderators of behavioral shifts in times of crisis. This account offers a finer-grained theorization of the moderating factors and underlying mechanisms of service ecosystem transformation but does not extend to the ensuing “new normal.” Practical implications The proposed framework indicates how digital platforms support shifts in actors’ behavior and contribute to the transformation of value co-creation. While the enablers are situation-specific and may therefore vary according to the prevailing conditions, the actor-related concepts advanced here seem likely to remain relevant when analyzing the transformation of value co-creation in other crisis situations. Originality/value The new conceptual framework advanced here clarifies how behavioral shifts during a crisis drive the transformation of value co-creation and suggests directions for future research.

The Role of Digital Platforms in Alleviating the Fear of Entrepreneurial Failure: A New Conceptual Framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 837-847
Author(s):  
Khalid Mady ◽  
Mohamed Elsotouhy ◽  
Mohamed Battour
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Digital Platforms

scholarly journals The dynamics of entry for digital platforms in two-sided markets: a multi-case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jørgen Veisdal
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Technology Firms ◽  
Entry Strategies ◽  
Temporal Factors ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Two Sided Markets

Abstract Motivating buyers and sellers to join an empty platform is thought to be a key challenge for firms attempting to launch digital platforms in two-sided markets. According to predictions from extant literature, ’no one joins until everyone joins’. The phenomenon is often referred to as the “chicken-and-egg problem”. This study investigates the phenomenon in an exploratory multi-case study of ten startup technology firms operating digital platforms in two-sided markets. The study finds that the firms entered their markets using a variety of strategies distinguishable by strategic, relational and temporal factors. A conceptual framework is proposed which distinguishes the firms’ strategies along these dimensions. In addition, a cross-case discussion of the dynamics of the firms’ strategies is provided. Deductively, the findings contribute to establishing an empirical grounding for predictions from extant literature. Inductively, the findings contribute preliminary managerial implications as well as propositions for further research on entry strategies for digital platforms in two-sided markets.

Inside-out: the forgotten side of ICT-enabled open innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Aloini ◽  
Valentina Lazzarotti ◽  
Luisa Pellegrini ◽  
Pierluigi Zerbino
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Definition Of

Purpose The role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital platforms in enabling connectivity and collaboration among actors is neglected when dealing with outbound open innovation (OI). Moreover, the outbound OI process is not currently defined in a univocal way. Thus, this paper aims to outline the outbound OI phases and to explore role and capabilities of ICTs in supporting it. Design/methodology/approach Through a literature review approach, the authors specified the outbound OI process. Hence, the authors leveraged the similarities between the knowledge management process phases and the outbound OI phases for developing a conceptual framework that could match the outbound OI phases with acknowledged categories of ICT tools. Findings Through a process-view, the authors outlined outbound OI as a three-phase process. The authors developed a matrix-shaped framework in which the columns represent the three outbound OI process phases, while the rows are three ICT categories that could be suitable for supporting the outbound OI process. Practical implications The framework is designed to guide a deep understanding of how ICTs could support specific phases of the outbound OI process. In so doing, it could be useful for software developers interested in the preliminary design of an ICT platform for outbound OI. Originality/value The conceptual framework proposal as follows: specifies a detailed, process-oriented definition of the outbound OI; allows to identify the main ICT categories supporting the phases of the outbound OI process; and provides guidance for further exploration about the role of ICT in outbound OI.

scholarly journals A complexity management approach to servitization: the role of digital platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ville Eloranta ◽  
Marco Ardolino ◽  
Nicola Saccani
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Complexity Reduction ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Complexity Management ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

PurposeThis study aims to enhance the theoretical foundations of servitization research by establishing a theoretical connection with complexity management. The authors develop a conceptual framework to describe complexity management mechanisms in servitization and digital platforms' specific role in allowing synergies between complexity reduction and absorption mechanisms.Design/methodology/approachA theory adaptation approach is used. Theory adaptation introduces new perspectives and conceptualization to the domain theory (servitization, with a focus on the role of digital platforms) by informing it with a method theory (complexity management).FindingsThis study provides four key contributions to the servitization literature: (1) connecting the servitization and complexity-management terminologies, (2) identifying and classifying complexity-management mechanisms in servitization, (3) conceptualizing digital platforms' role in servitization complexity management and (4) recognizing digital platforms' complexity-management synergies.Originality/valueThis study highlights that by using digital platforms in servitization and understanding the platform approach more thoroughly, companies can gain new capabilities and opportunities to manage and leverage complexity.

scholarly journals Regulating News and Disinformation on Digital Platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-46
Author(s):  
Derek Wilding
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
News Media ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
International Attention ◽  
Regulatory Model ◽  
International Initiative

In February 2021 two initiatives for regulating digital platforms in Australia were implemented. The News Media Bargaining Code (“News Code”) attracted international attention as a legislative means of forcing platforms to pay for news content, while the Australian Voluntary Disinformation and Misinformation Code (“Disinformation Code”) was modelled on an international initiative. Both were developed to meet Government policy formulated in response to Australia’s Digital Platforms Inquiry. Whereas the Inquiry recommended the use of co-regulation, Government policy switched to voluntary codes for both, then to a legislative scheme for the News Code. This article examines the schemes and critiques the policy on which they are based. It applies a conceptual framework to assess the optimum conditions for the use of co-regulation and self-regulation. It finds that a self-regulatory scheme of voluntary codes was never a suitable approach for the News Code, and that the close involvement of the regulator on the Disinformation Code — without a suitable remit or enforcement powers — distorts the self-regulatory model. This can in part be explained by the failure to address well-recognised flaws in the co-regulatory framework for telecommunications and broadcasting, the consequences of which are now being seen in attempts to regulate digital platforms.

scholarly journals Digital infrastructures and militarized environments. Spaces of conflict in the (post-)Anthropocene

Cubic Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
Lukáš Likavčanx
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Negev Desert ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Political Geographies

This paper presents the idea of multispecies diplomacy on the background of unstable and violent political geographies of the Anthropocene. The idea is first defined in terms of associated notions of sympoiesis and habilitation. After the preliminary arrangement of the conceptual framework of the paper, the possibilities of multispecies diplomacy are assessed in relation to current militarisation of environment, that prevents any diplomatic solution of climate change and leads to increased environmental injustices worldwide. This is illustrated with an example of conflict in the Negev desert, where changing climate is inherently integrated into the structure of conflict. Secondly, digital infrastructures are identified as an ambiguous factor influencing the outlooks of future practices of multispecies diplomacy. Thanks to their capacity to redesign existing environment, they can act as forces of deterritorialisation that can either stabilise existing hegemonies or lead to subversive appropriation. As far as digital platforms are open to ideological reframing, ecosocialist politics engaging in multispecies diplomacy is encouraged to appropriate them in terms of cognitive mapping and habilitation.

Grassroots Resistance to Digital Platforms and Relational Business Model Design to Overcome It: A Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Enric Ricart ◽  
Yuliya Snihur ◽  
Carlos Carrasco-Farré ◽  
Pascual Berrone
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Model Design ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Business Model Design ◽  
Precarious Labor

Although extant research has studied incumbent resistance to digital platforms, it provides little understanding about when grassroots collective action by other ecosystem stakeholders against the digital platform is likely. In this paper, we identify the scope conditions detailing when local stakeholders can initiate grassroots collective action against the digital platform, a unique context characterized by fast growth, distributed innovation, role flexibility, and direct local connectivity, and propose viable solutions. Our conceptual framework suggests that grassroots collective action against the digital platform is most likely when the digital platform operates with localized scarce assets or localized precarious labor and when actors express their grievances through formalized channels. We combine business model design and stakeholder management perspectives to develop design-based solutions that involve a multisided business model structure, an inclusive stakeholder value proposition, and an ecosystem-centered governance. We call the combination of such design efforts relational business model design. To the incipient theory of digital platforms, we contribute a stakeholder-centered view of platform business models operating within local ecosystems, bridging research on collective action and stakeholder management with strategic management of platforms.

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