1.Introduction and overview
From applications to platform ecosystems and information infrastructures
- Eric Monteiro, Neil Pollock, Ole Hanseth & Robin Williams. From Artefacts to Infrastructures. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (2013) 22:575–607 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10606-012-9167-1.pdf
- Lee, C. P. and Schmidt, K. (2018). A bridge too far? Critical remarks on the concept of ‘infrastructure’ in CSCW and IS. in V. Wulf, et al. (eds): Socio-Informatics: A Practice-based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT 1 Artifacts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 177-217 (chapter 5).
Pre-print: PDF - Martin Kenney and John Zysman. The platform economy: restructuring the space of capitalist accumulation. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 2020, 13, 55–76. https://academic.oup.com/cjres/article/13/1/55/58
2.Theories - concepts
Socio-technical complexity: Ecosystems, infrastructures & assemblages
- Ole Hanseth and Joan Rodon Modol. The Dynamics of Architecture-Governance Configurations: An Assemblage Theory Approach. Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341119610_The_Dynamics_of_Architecture-Governance_Configurations_An_Assemblage_Theory_Approach
- Hanseth, Masovic & M?rk. The Sociomateriality Debate Revisited. The Contribution of Assemblage Theory. In Review.
- Ron Adner. Ecosystem as Structure: An Actionable Construct for Strategy. Journal of Management Vol. 43 No. 1, January 2017 39–58. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0149206316678451
- Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo and Annabelle Gawer. Towards a theory of ecosystems. Strategic Management Journal, 2018. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/smj.2904
3.Complexity: Networks and multi-sided markets
- Rochet and Tirole (2003): Platform Competition in Two-sided markets. Journal of the European Economic Association, 990-1029
- Hanseth (2000): The economics of standards. In Book: From control to drift;
- Network Effects, The Power of the Platform. Chapter 2 in "Platform Revolution: How networked markets are transforming the economy and how to make them work for you". WW Norton & Company
4.Tactics for launching and bootstrapping platforms and infrastructures
- Hanseth and Aanestad (2003); Design as Bootstrapping: On the evolution of ICT networks in health care. Methods of information in medicine, 42(04), 385-391.
- Parker et al. Launch. Chicken or Egg? Eight Ways to Launch a Successful Platform. Chapter 5 in "Platform Revolution: How networked markets are transforming the economy and how to make them work for you". WW Norton & Company.
- McCarty and Bjaerum: Easypaisa. Mobile Money Innovation in Pakistan. Mobile Money for the Unbanked (GSMA)
5.Managing tensions (stability/change) in platform ecosystems and infrastructures
- Ole Hanseth and Eric Monteiro. Developing Information Infrastructure: The Tension Between Standardization and Flexibility. Science, Technology, & Human Values, Vol 21 No 4, Fall 1996 407-426 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/016224399602100402
- Moshe Farjoun. Beyond Dualism: Stability and Change As a Duality. Academy of Management Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2017.
- Tan et al. (2015): Leveraging digital business ecosystems for enterprise agility: The tri-logic development strategy of Alibaba. com. Journal of AIS;
- Schreieck et al. (2018): Challenge of governing platform ecosystems. In Digital marketplaces unleashed (pp. 527-538). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
6.The role of ecosystem (network, infrastructure) structures: Architecture
- Ole Hanseth and Joan Rodon Modol. The Dynamics of Architecture-Governance Configurations: An Assemblage Theory Approach. Forthcoming, Journal of the Association of Information Systems. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341119610_The_Dynamics_of_Architecture-Governance_Configurations_An_Assemblage_Theory_Approach
- Ole Hanseth and Bendik Bygstad. Generative Information Infrastructure Architectures. Working Paper.
- Tiwana (2013): Platform Governance. Chapter 6 in "Platform ecosystems: aligning architecture, governance, and strategy". Newnes;
- Colfer and Baldwin. The mirroring hypothesis: theory, evidence, and exceptions. Industrial and Corporate Change, 2016, Vol. 25, No. 5, 709–738. https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Colfer%20Baldwin%20Mirroring%20Hypothesis%20Ind%20Corp%20Change-2016_8aa320ff-6aa6-42ef-b259-d139012faaf6.pdf
7.The role of ecosystem (network, infrastructure) structures: Governance/organizing structures
Network and ecosystem governance, orchestrating innovation networks
- Huber et al.(2017): Governance practices in platform ecosystems: Navigating tensions between cocreated value and governance costs. Information Systems Research, 28(3), 563-584;
- Wareham, J., Fox, P. B., & Cano Giner, J. L. (2014). Technology ecosystem governance. Organization Science, 25(4), 1195-1215
- Provan, K. G., & Kenis, P. (2008). Modes of network governance: Structure, management, and effectiveness. Journal of public administration research and theory, 18(2), 229-252. and Kenis (2006);
- Dhanasai, C., & Parkhe, A. (2006). Orchestrating innovation networks. Academy of management review, 31(3), 659-669
- Aaltonen and Lanzara (2015); Building governance capability in online social production: insights from Wikipe