Platform Ecosystems
Source: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/platform-ecosystems Parent: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/digital-platform-design-and-strategy
YI, Jingtao
CHEN, Liang
A Framework for Ethical Responsibility in the Online Age
Corporate Social Responsibility
HKUST’s Jiatao Li is the chief author of a thoughtful and insightful commentary on the social responsibility of online platforms. Prof. Li’s paper, co-written with international collaborators, explores how the growing reach of multinational platforms (MNPs) necessitates new ways of thinking about ethical governance, transcending traditional frameworks ... Read More
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MAGLARAS, Costis
SCARSINI, Marco
VACCARI, Stefano
Online Rankings and Raising Revenue
When making online purchases, consumers often encounter a lengthy list of products whose quality they know little or nothing about, ranked by an unknown algorithm. Users often turn to others’ online reviews to estimate product quality—a process known as social learning. HKUST’s Dongwook Shin and colleagues shed light on the challenges that platforms face ... Read More
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CHEN, Liang
YI, Jingtao
MAO, Jiye
LIAO, Jianwen
International Digital Platforms and Ecosystem-specific Advantages
We have entered a new phase of business dominated by digital platforms, i.e. platforms that have a modular architecture and provide interface that facilitates multilateral transactions and exchanges among users and providers of complementary products and services (i.e., complementors). This platform-centric ecosystem allows enterprise to exploit ecosystem ... Read More
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