As firms consider transitioning proprietary products to more open platforms to grow market share and relevance, managers might consider the concerns of external participants when designing a system to govern a platform.
Rebecca's bio: Rebecca Karp is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Karp is a field researcher and ethnographer. Her research examines how companies formulate and execute strategies for growth. In particular, she focuses on the role innovation and differentation play in product development, integration, strategy execution, and oragnizational change. Professor Karp’s research spans the healthcare, financial services, video gaming, media and creative industries. She has also studied how large companies and entrepreneurs can develop and implement AI technologies to reshape their competitive differentiation.
Link to the paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smj.3150
Rebecca's Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-karp-a286202/
