Digital Sourcing, Platforms & Ecosystems (SIG DSPE)

Digital platforms and emerging technologies are reshaping traditional sourcing. To capture the dynamics and interactions of sourcing and platform phenomena, the Track Digital Sourcing, Platforms, and Ecosystems highlights research that investigates topics relating to digital sourcing, platforms and ecosystems. These topics include but are not limited to: (1) digital sourcing issues, such as sourcing decisions and outcomes, organizing and governing sourcing relationships, collaboration, innovation and knowledge management processes in sourcing relationships, and various sourcing configurations and models, and (2) digital platform ecosystems issues, including motivation to partner, governance of platform ecosystems and partnerships, co-innovation and development processes, and outcomes. We welcome studies that examine these topics from multiple perspectives, including client and supplier firms, platform vendors, complementors, and individual actors. All methods and levels of analysis, including individual-, firm-, inter-organizational, and ecosystem-level, are welcome.

Track Chairs:
Maximilian Schreieck, University of Innsbruck
Julia Kotlarsky, The University of Auckland
Andreas Hein, University of St. Gallen