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Table 1

Characteristics of digital platforms

Characteristic	Description	Reference(s)
• Modularity	Purely technical artefacts, extensible codebase, with a digital ecosystem consisting of multiple third-party modules	Tiwana et al. (2010)
• Interoperability	Software-based codebases in which shared core functionality enables interoperability among these modules and facilitator interfaces	Ghazawneh and Henfridsson (2015)
• Compatibility	Shared set of technologies, architecture, services and components to serve the diverse group of actors and create value	Gawer and Cusumano (2002); Gawer (2014)
• Network effects	Multisided marketplaces, where value is created through interactions, enable the multiplication and replication of traditional market activities	Still et al. (2017)
• Disintermediation	Incorporate e-commerce marketplaces and extend to interactive ecosystems, leading to disintermediation and network economics	Parker et al. (2016)
• Integration	Online, multisided marketplaces bridge the gap between digital and physical processes and activities	De Reuver et al. (2018)

Characteristic	Description	Reference(s)
• Modularity	Purely technical artefacts, extensible codebase, with a digital ecosystem consisting of multiple third-party modules	Tiwana et al. (2010)
• Interoperability	Software-based codebases in which shared core functionality enables interoperability among these modules and facilitator interfaces	Ghazawneh and Henfridsson (2015)
• Compatibility	Shared set of technologies, architecture, services and components to serve the diverse group of actors and create value	Gawer and Cusumano (2002); Gawer (2014)
• Network effects	Multisided marketplaces, where value is created through interactions, enable the multiplication and replication of traditional market activities	Still et al. (2017)
• Disintermediation	Incorporate e-commerce marketplaces and extend to interactive ecosystems, leading to disintermediation and network economics	Parker et al. (2016)
• Integration	Online, multisided marketplaces bridge the gap between digital and physical processes and activities	De Reuver et al. (2018)

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