App Superstars: Are High-Status Complementors a Sustained Source of Innovation in Platform Ecosystems?

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Nele Lueker, Business School, University of MannheimFollow
Jens Foerderer, Business School, University of MannheimFollow
Armin Heinzl, Business School, University of MannheimFollow

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Previous research has argued that fostering superstar systems in platform ecosystems promotes innovation due to complementors™ intense competition for few high-status positions. However, the ex post innovation consequences of superstar systems have genera

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Lueker, Nele; Foerderer, Jens; and Heinzl, Armin, "App Superstars: Are High-Status Complementors a Sustained Source of Innovation in Platform Ecosystems?" (2018). ICIS 2018 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2018/innovation/Presentations/4