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Industry Platforms: A New Mode of Coordination in the Economy
Industrieplattformen: Eine neue Form der Handlungskoordination in der Wirtschaft
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Universität Stuttgart, Fak. 10 Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Abt. VI Organisations- und Innovationssoziologie
Abstract This discussion paper is a plea for an urgently needed shift in perspective: from the concentration of social science research on the ubiquitous platforms of the consumption- and communication-based internet to the investigation of the platform-oriented reorganization of industrial distribution, pro... view more
This discussion paper is a plea for an urgently needed shift in perspective: from the concentration of social science research on the ubiquitous platforms of the consumption- and communication-based internet to the investigation of the platform-oriented reorganization of industrial distribution, production and innovation processes, which has so far received far less attention. The paper focuses on two questions. Firstly, what distinguishes industrial platforms from the platforms that characterize the consumption- and- communication-based internet? Can typical peculiarities and overarching characteristics of platform-based forms of work and organization in industry be identified? And secondly, do platforms represent an independent form of organization and coordination of industrial market, production and innovation processes that is substantially different from organized networks? The paper undertakes an empirical mapping and classification of the little explored field of industrial platforms and discusses from a theoretical-conceptual perspective why platforms should be conceived of as a sui generis form of organization whose dominant mode of coordination can be described as rule-based curation.... view less
Keywords
industry; innovation; type of organization; digitalization; Internet; network; sociotechnical system
Classification
Organizational Sociology
Technology Assessment
Free Keywords
platforms; ecosystems
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
44 p.
ISSN
2191-4990
Status
Published Version; reviewed