Online labor markets (OLMs) are an integral part of the sharing economy. While these platforms offer huge matching efficiencies and cost benefits, managing performance in their projects is still a challenge. Taking an agency theory perspective, we study the determinants of project performance in...

It is well-established that the effectiveness of pay-for-performance (PfP) schemes depends on employee- and organization-specific factors. However, less is known about the role of external forces. Investigating the role of market competition on the effectiveness of PfP, we theorize that there...

Multihoming – the decision to design a complement to operate on multiple platforms – is becoming increasingly common in many platform markets. Perceived wisdom suggests that multihoming is beneficial for complement providers as they expand their market reach, but it reduces differentiation...

The introduction of a new product generation forces incumbents in platform markets to rebuild their installed base of complementary products. Using three different datasets on the US market for video game consoles, we show that incumbents can to some extent substitute for rebuilding their new...

The introduction of a new product generation forces incumbents in platform markets to rebuild their installed base of complementary products. Using three different datasets on the US market for video game consoles, we show that incumbents can to some extent substitute for rebuilding their new...