Huang, Peng; Ceccagnoli, Marco; Forman, Chris; Wu, D.J. - NET Institute - 2009
, downstream complementary capabilities, and collaborative competition in the formation of a platform ecosystem. …In this study we examine the antecedents of small independent software vendor (ISV) decisions to join a platform … ecosystem. Using data on the history of partnering activities from 1201 ISVs from 1996 to 2004, we find that appropriability …