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Platform play among incumbent firms: the wrong focus?

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  • Nicolas van Zeebroeck & Jacques Bughin, 2017. "Platform play among incumbent firms: the wrong focus?," Working Papers TIMES² 2017-023, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    Keywords

    Digital transformation; Digital strategy; Platforms; Incumbent capabilities; Demand-side economies of scale;
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    JEL classification:

    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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