Purpose: Many startups and incumbents seek to benefit from a platform business model, but the literature on digital platforms has primarily focused on the success of a few blockbuster companies such as Facebook, Uber and Airbnb, offering little insights into how to launch and scale platform...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore and summarize the strategies organizations can follow when adopting a multi-sided platform (MSP) business model. MSPs benefit from direct and indirect network effects, quick scaling, fast innovation and new revenue streams....

The coevolution of trust in government alongside the growth of government is an aspect of research on the latter topic that has not been explored. We consider this coevolution in the context of a political economy model and a public interest view of government growth and incorporate the role of...

"This book provides relevant theoretical and practical frameworks and the latest findings in research and practice regarding online communities and social media as agents of social and political change. This book will be an important resource for those who study social movements and for those...

Citizen involvement in environmental policy setting is important for insuring policy viability. However, traditional public meetings are criticized for being an ineffective means of conveying information, especially for complex policy issues such as watershed management. An interactive...

The purpose of this research is to explore how international companies adopt and enforce standards in information systems and technology. Standardization of hardware, software, and data is often perceived to be beneficial for an organization. However, for multinational companies, differences...