Purpose

This paper aims to answer the following two questions: What are the affecting factors of platform leadership? How do the business ecosystem and unique attributes of platform enterprises affect the formation of platform leadership?

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the niche theory, this study used the grounded theory research methods to explore the strategic behavior of platform enterprises, analyze the characteristics of platform leadership and systematically explore the influencing factors of platform leadership based on four internet platform enterprises and their business ecosystem.

Findings

The result shows that the acquisition of platform leadership is closely related to the platform enterprises’ Niche, where they are located in the business ecosystem. Platform enterprises play the roles of the founder, coordinator, leader and arranger in the ecosystem, and there are four affecting factors of platform leadership: architecture foundation, connection and coordination, innovation leading and integrated expansion. The architecture foundation consists of four factors: platform architecture, installation base, intellectual property and network coverage; the connection and coordination contain five factors: interactive collaboration, multilateral user connection, information matching, neutral arbitration and mutualism; the innovation leading is composed of four factors: research and development investment, common components, complementary innovation, cross-border search and standard-setting; the integrated expansion includes resource orchestration, modular design, data collaboration, supportive enabling and scenario application.

Originality/value

This research constructs a framework of platform leadership with the influencing factors.

中文翻译：

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商业生态系统平台领导力影响因素研究

目的

本文旨在回答以下两个问题：平台领导力的影响因素有哪些？平台企业的商业生态和独特属性如何影响平台领导力的形成？

设计/方法/方法

本研究基于利基理论，运用扎根理论研究方法，基于四家互联网平台企业及其商业生态系统，探索平台企业的战略行为，分析平台领导力特征，系统探究平台领导力的影响因素。

发现

结果表明，平台领导力的获得与平台企业所处的生态环境密切相关。平台企业在生态系统中扮演着创始人、协调者、领导者和安排者的角色，平台领导的影响因素有四个：架构基础、连接与协调、创新引领和集成扩展。架构基础包括平台架构、安装基础、知识产权和网络覆盖四个因素；连接协同包含互动协作、多方用户连接、信息匹配、中立仲裁、互惠互利五个要素；创新领先由四个因素构成：研发投入、共同组成部分、互补创新、跨境搜索和标准制定；集成扩展包括资源编排、模块化设计、数据协同、支撑赋能和场景应用。

原创性/价值

本研究构建了一个包含影响因素的平台领导力框架。