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, (2) digital platform ecosystems issues, including motivation to partner, governance of platform ecosystems and partnerships, co-innovation and development processes, and outcomes and (3) the impact of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), low-code/no-code platforms, and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) like blockchain on sourcing and platform ecosystems. We welcome studies that examine these topics from multiple perspectives, including client and supplier firms, platform vendors, complementors, and individual actors.

Track Chairs
Maximilian Schreieck, University of Innsbruck, [email protected]
Julia Kotlarsky, The University of Auckland, [email protected]
Andreas Hein, University of St. Gallen, [email protected]

Schedule
2026
Saturday, August 15th
12:00 AM

A Layered Governance Perspective on Generative AI–enabled Platforms

Thanyalak Ubonsiri, University of Innsbruck

12:00 AM

Contagion in Decentralized Infrastructure: How Cross-Chain Bridge Exploits Propagate Failure Across the Blockchain Ecosystem

Kristin Errett, Case Western Reserve University

12:00 AM

From Silos to Synergy: How Boundary Resources Shape Collaboration in Software-Defined Vehicle Ecosystems

Xiangwei Cheng, Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institut
Dominik Morar, Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institut
Dirk Slama, Ferdinand-Steinbeis-Institute

12:00 AM

How Functional Changes Persist: A Gain-of-Function Perspective on Ecosystem Selection

Jason Qu, University of Georgia

12:00 AM

How Verification Mechanisms Alter Cultural Signals in Employer Reviews

Vladimir Martirosyan, University of Maryland - College Park
Rachit Kamdar, University of Maryland College Park

12:00 AM

Impact of AI Core Expansion on Platform’s Innovation–Demand Dynamics

Yalda Hojjati, Auburn University
Pankush Kalgotra, Auburn University

12:00 AM

Live Marketing in Duopoly Competition: Channel Strategy and Competitive Dynamics

Guangyu Li, tianjin University
DAN MA, Singapore Management University
Guofang Nan, Hainan University

12:00 AM

Merging to Win: How Merge Timing and Repeated Merging Shape Team Performance in Crowdsourcing Contests

Tianhao Xiong, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Indika Dissanayake, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst

12:00 AM

Modeling the Dynamics of Governance in Decentralized Public Blockchain Ecosystem

Yukun Yang, Southern University of Science and Technology
Likoebe M. Maruping, Georgia State University

12:00 AM

Navigating Tensions in IT Consulting and Platform Alliances: An Exploratory Case Study

Syed Asad Ali Naqvi, Institute of Information Systems
Henric Oliver Wibbeke, Institute of Information Systems
Matthias Werner, Leuphana University of Lueneburg
Jonas Sonntag, Institute of Information Systems
Lisa Marline Schmidt, Institute of information systems
Justus Hein, Institute of Information Systems
Fergan Idrisoglu, Institute of Information Systems

12:00 AM

When AI Streamers Build or Break Live Streaming Communities: The Roles of Anthropomorphism, AI Efficacy, and Sense of Community

Yuqian Liu, Baruch College, City University of New York
Chaoqun Deng, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY)

12:00 AM

When Outsourcing Meets AI: How Externalizing IT Functions Shapes Firms’ AI Readiness under Data-Sovereignty Shocks

Benedict Lewis Abotsi, McGill University
Paul Yuke Wang, McGill University

12:00 AM

When Reconfiguration Hurts: Dynamic Capabilities in Mobile Apps

Jason Qu, University of Georgia

12:00 AM