Introduction - Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

By Panos Constantinides, Ola Henfridsson, Geoffrey G. Parker. Information systems research, 2018

851 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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.

Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research, Media Technology, Strategy and Management

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In Management Science and Operations Research

1. Ben D. Eaton
2. Stefan Seuring
3. Vinit Parida
4. Annabelle Gawer
5. Joakim Wincent
6. Javier Cenamor

In Media Technology

1. Carla Marisa Bonina
2. Ben D. Eaton
3. Annabelle Gawer

In Strategy and Management

1. Vinit Parida
2. Joakim Wincent
3. Javier Cenamor
4. Ben D. Eaton
5. Kari M. Koskinen
6. Carla Marisa Bonina
7. S. C. Lenny Koh
8. Stefan Seuring

Citations in the corpus

• Blockchain applications in supply chains, transport and logistics: a systematic review of the literature (2019, background): “In addition, the use of smart contracts with no centralised entity (e.g., banks or logistics service providers) to control operations, increases the transparency of transactions and therefore trust among agents on the blockchain network (Constantinides, Henfridsson, and Parker 2018).”
• Digital platforms for development: Foundations and research agenda (2021, background): “For example, to suggest that online labour platforms may be highly beneficial for ‘ new-collar workers ’ in developing countries (Constantinides et al., 2018) is rather a contested if not debatable statement.”
• How entrepreneurial SMEs compete through digital platforms: The roles of digital platform capability, network capability and ambidexterity (2019, background): “However, digital platforms represent a more complex form of ICT that facilitates interactions between different partners (Constantinides, Henfridsson, & Parker, 2018).”