Network orchestration for value platform development

The traditional firm and product-centric view of platforms is changing. Platforms are increasingly developed around value that is co-created with a network of actors. In such settings, lead firms shape their environments and develop value platforms through network orchestration. This study examines...

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Main Authors: Perks, Helen, Kowalkowski, Christian, Witell, Lars, Gustafsson, Anders
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45995/
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author Perks, Helen
Kowalkowski, Christian
Witell, Lars
Gustafsson, Anders
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Kowalkowski, Christian
Witell, Lars
Gustafsson, Anders
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description The traditional firm and product-centric view of platforms is changing. Platforms are increasingly developed around value that is co-created with a network of actors. In such settings, lead firms shape their environments and develop value platforms through network orchestration. This study examines how lead firms mobilize network relationships to support and build novel value platforms. The research adopts a multiple case study methodology, investigating the development of six value platforms in network settings within Europe. A large-scale interview program over several years was conducted. The findings unravel practices constituting four overarching network orchestration mechanisms in the value platform development context; envisioning, inducing innovativeness, legitimizing, and adjusting. The study explains the relationships and interplay between the orchestration mechanisms and articulates theoretical and managerial contributions.
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spelling nottingham-459952020-05-04T19:02:51Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45995/ Network orchestration for value platform development Perks, Helen Kowalkowski, Christian Witell, Lars Gustafsson, Anders The traditional firm and product-centric view of platforms is changing. Platforms are increasingly developed around value that is co-created with a network of actors. In such settings, lead firms shape their environments and develop value platforms through network orchestration. This study examines how lead firms mobilize network relationships to support and build novel value platforms. The research adopts a multiple case study methodology, investigating the development of six value platforms in network settings within Europe. A large-scale interview program over several years was conducted. The findings unravel practices constituting four overarching network orchestration mechanisms in the value platform development context; envisioning, inducing innovativeness, legitimizing, and adjusting. The study explains the relationships and interplay between the orchestration mechanisms and articulates theoretical and managerial contributions. Elsevier 2017-08-30 Article PeerReviewed Perks, Helen, Kowalkowski, Christian, Witell, Lars and Gustafsson, Anders (2017) Network orchestration for value platform development. Industrial Marketing Management . ISSN 0019-8501 value platforms network orchestration mechanisms business networks value-creating systems http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019850117306016?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.08.002 doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.08.002
spellingShingle value platforms
network orchestration
mechanisms
business networks
value-creating systems
Perks, Helen
Kowalkowski, Christian
Witell, Lars
Gustafsson, Anders
Network orchestration for value platform development
title Network orchestration for value platform development
title_full Network orchestration for value platform development
title_fullStr Network orchestration for value platform development
title_full_unstemmed Network orchestration for value platform development
title_short Network orchestration for value platform development
title_sort network orchestration for value platform development
topic value platforms
network orchestration
mechanisms
business networks
value-creating systems
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45995/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45995/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45995/