Table 1

Comparative analysis of the five clusters

Two-sided marketsIndustry platformsDigital platformsInnovation platformsTwo-sided networks
Central themes/Keywords
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    Two-sided markets

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    Competition

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    Multi-sided markets

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    Pricing strategies

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    Network effects

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    Multihoming

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    Industry platforms

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    Platform ecosystem

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    Value creation

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    Business models

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    Strategic management

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    Digital platforms

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    Digital platforms

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    Digital infrastructures

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    Governance

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    Boundary resources

  • -

    Control

  • -

    Platform ecosystem

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    Innovation platforms

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    Digital entrepreneurs

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    Entrepreneurship

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    Innovation and competition

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    Digital platforms

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    Two-sided networks

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    Network effects

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    Innovation

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    Competition

  • -

    Revisiting conventional approaches and paradigms

Foundations of the cluster
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    Network economics

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    Network externalities

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    Strategy discussions on the chicken-and-egg problem

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    Multi-product pricing

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    Vertical integration

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    Theory of the firm

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    Product development

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    Technology strategy

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    Industrial economics

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    Engineering design (modularity)

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    Economies of scope in supply and demand

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    Digital infrastructures

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    Layered architecture

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    Modular architecture

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    Software-based systems

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    Innovation networks

  • -

    Competition and innovation

  • -

    (Layered) Modular architecture

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    User Innovation

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    (Digital) Innovation

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    (Digital) Entrepreneurship

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    Network externalities

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    Price discrimination

  • -

    Product differentiation

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    Competition and innovation

  • -

    Revisiting conventional approaches, assumptions, and paradigms

Methodological approaches
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    Econometric models are quite relevant in this cluster

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    Single case study

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    Multiple case studies

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    Surveys

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    Interviews

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    Longitudinal case studies

  • -

    Multiple case studies

  • -

    Single case study

  • -

    Longitudinal case studies

  • -

    Interviews

  • -

    Comparative case studies

  • -

    Single case study

  • -

    Multiple case studies

  • -

    Longitudinal case studies

  • -

    Surveys

  • -

    Comparative case studies

  • -

    Interviews

  • -

    Multiple case studies

  • -

    Single case study

  • -

    Longitudinal case studies

  • -

    Interviews

  • -

    Surveys

  • -

    Econometric models are relevant in this cluster

  • -

    Comparative case studies

  • -

    Multiple case studies

  • -

    Longitudinal case studies

  • -

    Single case study

  • -

    Interviews

Examples of studies
  • -

    Evans (2003) 

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    Caillaud and Jullien (2003) 

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    Rochet and Tirole (2003) 

  • -

    Armstrong (2006) 

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    Hagiu and Wright (2015) 

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    Hagiu et al. (2020) 

  • -

    Hagiu et al. (2022) 

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    Cusumano and Gawer (2002) 

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    Gawer and Cusumano (2008) 

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    Gawer and Cusumano (2014) 

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    Gawer (2014) 

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    Adner (2017) 

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    Jacobides et al. (2018) 

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    Teece (2018) 

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    Tiwana et al. (2010) 

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    Tilson et al. (2010) 

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    Yoo et al. (2010) 

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    Ghazawneh and Henfridsson (2013) 

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    Wareham et al. (2013) 

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    de Reuver et al. (2018) 

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    Modol and Eaton (2021) 

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    Boudreau (2010) 

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    Baldwin and von Hippel (2011) 

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    Boudreau (2012) 

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    Boudreau and Jeppesen (2015) 

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    Eckhardt et al. (2018) 

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    Srinivasan and Venkatraman (2018) 

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    Miric et al. (2019) 

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    Eisenmann et al. (2011) 

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    Parker et al. (2016) 

  • -

    Parker and Van Alstyne (2018) 

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    Parker et al. (2021) 

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    Van Alstyne and Parker (2017) 

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    Tan et al. (2020) 

  • -

    Parker et al. (2021) 

Examples of examined contexts/industries
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    Payment cards

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    Newspapers/magazines

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    E-commerce

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    Gaming industry

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    Internet portals

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    Video games

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    Advertising

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    Sharing economy

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    E-commerce

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    Servitization

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    Application developers

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    Software developers

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    Mobile platforms

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    Enterprise software

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    Smart cities

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    Sharing economy

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    Crowdfunding

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    Software developers

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    Online communities

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    Crowdsourcing

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    Video games

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    Software developers

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    Sharing economy

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    Internet intermediaries

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    Blockchain technology

Source(s): Own elaboration

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