Firms that own platforms often actively manage firms that offer products through the platform (i.e., platform complementors). To manage complementors, platform owners tend to have fewer tools available at their disposal relative to traditional organizations. Prior work has started examining how...

Tension between value creation and value appropriation can arise when firms enter relationships with a platform. While creating value collectively, these relationships strengthen the network effects which increase the platform's ability to appropriate value. This shift in bargaining position...