Review on the Evolution of Platform Research from the Perspectives of Management and Economics

Abstract

The rising of platform economy provokes intense interests of scholars to do exhaustive research on it, which lasts 30 years and be viewed as the frontier of industrial economics and management. Although the research of platform originated from two areas and each of them developed on different practices and theories, the two research approaches demonstrated intercrossing with the development of research gradually. In this paper, it lists the paths of evolution on platform research and the fruits of both by documentary analysis. The intersects and integration between management and economics have been found, after comparing each of their approaches to research and results, on which based the future research on platform economics has been pointed out in the end. No matter in management or economics perspectives, this paper could provide a useful basis that may invoke inspiration for further study on the platform.

TD 2829 - Plataformas digitais : mapeamento semissistemático e interdisciplinar do conhecimento produzido nas universidades brasileiras

“…Para se ter uma ideia, o termo digital platform resulta nas bases Web of Science (Clarivate) e Scopus (Elsevier), respectivamente, em 3.210 e 3.701 artigos. 1 O crescimento da atenção acadêmica sobre plataformas digitais motivou a produção de revisões de literatura, identificando algumas avenidas de investigação que estão mais ou menos consolidadas e outras que ainda podem ser trilhadas (Facin et al, 2016;Jia, Cusumano e Chen, 2022;Jiang, 2021;Kaine e Josserand, 2019;Kannan, Mathew e Lehner, 2019;Liu, Li e Wang, 2021;Sutherland e Jarrahi, 2018;Trabucchi e Buganza, 2021;Wan et al, 2017;Xue, Tian e Zhao, 2020). Embora esses trabalhos tenham empregado métodos e escopo distintos (por exemplo, alguns enfocando apenas plataformas de trabalho), todos comprovam que o entendimento sobre plataformas digitais requer investigações multidimensionais, a partir da contribuição de distintas áreas do conhecimento.…”