Digital Platforms and Network Catalyzers

Abstract

Digital entrepreneurship highly relies on external sources of financing to foster growth (Cavallo et al., 2019). Networked platforms act as an accelerator (see Sect. 2.13) of startups, strengthening their strategic positioning within the ecosystem, and favoring their growth opportunities.Digital platforms broadly represent the environment in which a piece of software is executed, typically online, through a browser. Platforms can also be interpreted as bridging nodes that connect other virtual or physical nodes (e.g., an e-Commerce platform intermediating between a seller and a buyer in a B2C transaction)."Platforms" are "frameworks that permit collaborators-users, peers, providers-to undertake a range of activities, often creating de facto standards, forming entire ecosystems for value creation and capture" (Mattila & Seppala, 2015).Networks are a powerful catalyzer of interactive activities (exchanges of information; transactions, etc.) that can be boosted and scaled up when they are digitized. The interaction between the infrastructural network, the platform, and the startup is exemplified in Fig. 12.1.Platforms do not represent a specific industry or business segment, as the other realities illustrated in Chapters 10, 11, 13, 14, or 15. They rather refer to a cross-sectional business process that encompasses different industries and products.

Digital platforms and profitability of farmers in the Mantaro valley, Huancayo

“…En consecuencia, este tipo de plataformas se revela como una herramienta crucial para mejorar los ingresos en comunidades agrícolas y promover un impacto socioeconómico positivo. (Moro-Visconti, 2021). Evolucionando constantemente, A su vez, una tienda virtual es una versión simulada de una tienda física, permitiendo a los clientes interactuar con fomentar la sostenibilidad y rentabilidad de los agricultores, se han ideado modelos de tiendas virtuales basados en la nube (Sedek et al, 2021).…”