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Rising prominence of multi-sided platforms in the Web 2.0 era: value conceptual analysis and design implications

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Publication date2010
Host publicationProceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-Society, Porto, April 23-25, 2010
EditorsPiet Kommers , Pedro Isaías
Pages299-306
Number of pages8
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventIADIS International Conference e-Society - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 23/04/201025/04/2010

Conference

ConferenceIADIS International Conference e-Society
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period23/04/1025/04/10

Conference

ConferenceIADIS International Conference e-Society
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period23/04/1025/04/10

Abstract

This paper offers a conceptual analysis of the rising prominence of multi-sided platforms (MSPs) in the Web 2.0 environment. It attributes this prominence to three intrinsic properties of Web 2.0 applications: the lightweight programming model, modular architecture and complementarities. It also identifies emergence as a defining feature of MSPs in addition to the other features well-recognized in the literature. It then elaborates some design implications for MSPs. Its contributions lie not only in offering some theoretical explanations for one of the transformational effects of Web 2.0 but also in filling a gap in the literature on MSPs and multi-sided markets.