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Sources of value in application ecosystems

Sami Hyrynsalmi, Marko Seppänen, Arho Suominen, Sources of value in application ecosystems. Journal of Systems and Software 96, 61–72, 2014.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2014.05.064

Abstract:

Mobile application stores have revolutionised the dynamics of mobile ecosystems. Research on mobile application ecosystems has been significantly driven by data that is focused on the visualisation of an ecosystem's dynamics. This is a valuable step towards understanding the nature of the ecosystems, but it is limited in its explanatory power. Thus, a theory-driven approach is needed to understand the overall dynamics of such systems. This study applies a theoretical framework of value creation in e-business in the context of mobile application ecosystems, with a focus on application developers. A qualitative research strategy is employed in testing operationalisation in a sample of developers. The sample comprises 27 application developers from the three leading mobile application ecosystems. The results show that efficiency is the main source of value, products seldom create value through complementarities, and approaches towards lock-in and novelty seem to vary among application developers. The managerial and theoretical implications of such biased value creation in mobile ecosystems are considered.

BibTeX entry:

@ARTICLE{jHySeSu14a,
  title = {Sources of value in application ecosystems},
  author = {Hyrynsalmi, Sami and Seppänen, Marko and Suominen, Arho},
  journal = {Journal of Systems and Software},
  volume = {96},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  pages = {61–72},
  year = {2014},
  keywords = {Software ecosystem; Value creation; App economy},
  ISSN = {0164-1212},
}

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