The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on software to support its competitive position. However, the uncertain … and dynamic nature of today's global marketplace dictates that this software be continually evolved and adapted, to meet … new business challenges. This ability – to rapidly update, improve, remove, replace, and reimagine the software …

While past research on software platform has recognized the existence of cross-side network effects (CNEs) between the …. We empirically test our theoretical arguments using a longitudinal data about a leading software browser. Our first main …