Research Handbook on Platform Ecosystems

This multidisciplinary Research Handbook provides a contemporary overview and future research agenda for platform ecosystem studies. Examining empirical findings and methodological developments, leading experts consider how digital platform ecosystems are reshaped by new technologies, governance models, competitive dynamics and regulatory forces.Leading scholars address key topics including platform design and evolution, organizational forms of platforms, emerging architectures and the broader social consequences of ‘platformization’. Chapters outline how platform ecosystems are entering a transformative phase, driven by innovations such as AI, blockchain, automation and the rise of decentralized and open models. Focusing on trust, moderation and algorithm transparency, the Research Handbook explores how these changes refine the way in which platforms create and exercise power to advance theoretical and empirical directions.The Research Handbook on Platform Ecosystems is an essential guide for scholars and students of business, information systems, innovation strategy and digital economy. Its insights are also highly relevant to practitioners and policymakers in strategic management and organizational innovation seeking to better understand and respond to the evolving platform economy.