Carmelo Cennamo

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation

Kilen

Frederiksberg, 2000

Denmark

http://www.cbs.dk/en/staff/ccesi

SDA Bocconi

Via Bocconi 8

Milan, MI 20136

Italy

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Ideas:
“  I am currently working on platform disruption and market architectural shift; ie., when and how are digital platforms more likely to disrupt incumbents' businesses and reshape existing market architectures and economic relationships therein, thus redefining the logics of competition.  ”

Scholarly Papers (18)

1.

Competing in Digital Markets: A Platform-Based Perspective

Forthcoming in Academy of Management Perspectives
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2019
Carmelo Cennamo
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation
Downloads 1,915 (15,114)
Citation 3

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digital markets, platform competition, competitive dynamics, platform identity, winner-take-all, competitive domains, market convergence

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Citation 129

Towards a Theory of Ecosystems

Strategic Management Journal (2018) 39: 2255-2276, Bocconi University Management Research Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Dec 2018
Carmelo Cennamo, Annabelle Gawer and Michael G. Jacobides
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation, University of Surrey and London Business School
Downloads 664 (68,124)
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Towards a Theory of Ecosystems

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 39: 2255-2276, 2018
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Aug 2018
Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo and Annabelle Gawer
London Business School, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and University of Surrey
Downloads 377 (136,046)
Citation 25

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Ecosystem, Platform, Complements, Modularity, Complementarity, Value Creation, Value Capture

Generativity Tension and Value Creation in Platform-based Technology Ecosystems

Organization Science
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2018
Carmelo Cennamo and Juan Santaló
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
Downloads 459 (107,878)
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Platform market, ecosystem, complementarities, complement quality, ecosystem governance, free riding

Generativity Tension and Value Creation in Platform-Based Technology Ecosystems

Bocconi University Management Research Paper No. 2018/1, Forthcoming, Organization Science
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Nov 2018
Carmelo Cennamo and Juan Santaló
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
Downloads 409 (123,857)
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Digital Platforms Regulation: An Innovation-Centric View of the EU’s Digital Markets Act

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Business Administration (Munich School of Management), The University of Manchester - Manchester Business School Worldwide, LUISS University and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
Downloads 423 (119,952)
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DMA; platform regulation; innovation; value creation; value exchange; self-preferencing; data-sharing; interactions

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Platform Architecture, Multihoming and Complement Quality: Evidence from the U.S. Video Game Industry

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2018
Carmelo Cennamo, Hakan Ozalp and Tobias Kretschmer
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation, University of Amsterdam and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Business Administration (Munich School of Management)
Downloads 415 (122,623)
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Platforms, Video Games, Multihoming, Complement quality, Co-specialization, Platform complexity, Platform architecture

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Digital Transformation and the Value of Incumbents' Complementary Assets: The Substitution Effect of Digital Platforms

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Aug 2018
Tim Meyer and Carmelo Cennamo
Bocconi University, Department of Management and Technology and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation
Downloads 405 (126,121)
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digital transformation, digital platforms, hotel industry, complementary assets, airbnb

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Value in Digital Platforms: The Choice of Tradeoffs in the Digital Markets Act

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
Carmelo Cennamo and Juan Santaló
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Fundación Instituto de Empresa, S.L. - IE Business School
Downloads 352 (147,446)
Citation 1

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DMA; digital platforms; gatekeepers; platform competition; winner-take-all; digital markets; platform regulation

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Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Ecosystems: A Case of Integration Decoupling

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Paolo Aversa, Carmelo Cennamo and Gianni Lorenzoni
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and University of Bologna
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ecosystems, digital transformation, networks, decoupling, knowledge, motorsport

The Gang of Four: Acquaintances, Friends or Foes? Towards an Integrated Perspective on Platform Competition

ESADE Business School Research Paper No. 245
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 May 2013 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2021
Ivanka Visnjic and Carmelo Cennamo
ESADE Business School and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation
Downloads 226 (231,113)
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platforms, two-sided markets, competition, business models

The Gang of Four: Acquaintances, Friends or Foes? Towards an Integrated Perspective on Platform Competition

Posted: 02 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2021
Ivanka Visnjic and Carmelo Cennamo
ESADE Business School and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation

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Platforms, Two-Sided Markets, Competition, Business Models

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Value Preserving Platform Regulation: Network Effects, Platform Value and Regulatory Remedies

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Aug 2021
Carmelo Cennamo
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation
Downloads 183 (282,371)
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network effects, data network effects, gatekeeper, market power, digital platforms, ecosystems

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Strategic Interactions and the Nature of Indirect Network Effects in Platform Ecosystems

Bocconi University Management Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Oct 2019
Claudio Panico and Carmelo Cennamo
Bocconi University and ICRIOS and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation
Downloads 143 (345,988)
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platform ecosystems, indirect network effects, monopoly platform, platform evolution, strategic interactions

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Competing for Attention on Information Platforms: The Case of News

CESifo Working Paper No. 9832
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Jul 2022
Tim Meyer, Anna Kerkhof, Carmelo Cennamo and Tobias Kretschmer
University of St.Gallen, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) - Faculty of Business Administration (Munich School of Management)
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information platforms, competition for attention, consumer attention, news aggregators, news content

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Towards a Theory of Ecosystem – Compendium Text Analysis

Strategic Management Journal, 2018, vol. 39: 2255-2276
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 Sep 2021
Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo and Annabelle Gawer
London Business School, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and University of Surrey
Downloads 51 (652,741)
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Technology System Evolution: Inertia and Momentum Revisited

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Jul 2020
Carmelo Cennamo and M.Mahdi Tavalaei
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
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Platform, Technology, Evolution, Market Momentum

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Externalities and Complementarities in Platforms and Ecosystems: From Structural Solutions to Endogenous Failures

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Nov 2023
Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo and Annabelle Gawer
London Business School, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and University of Surrey
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ecosystem failures, externalities, digital, platforms, ecosystems, complementarities

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Toward a Better Understanding of Open Ecosystems: Implications for Policymakers

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
Carmelo Cennamo and Feng Zhu
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 11 (970,268)

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open ecosystem, platform business model, platform regulation

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Platform Disruption: How Digital Platforms Re-Architect Existing Markets

MIS Quarterly Executive, March 2022
Posted: 16 Mar 2022
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation, SDA Bocconi, SDA Bocconi and SDA Bocconi

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Digital platforms, digital platform disruption, digital platform marketplaces, incumbents, information asymmetry, information complexity, modularity, customer preferences

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In Search of Status: The Impact of Niche Players’ Status on Performance in Platform Ecosystems

Long Range Planning, forthcoming Last version under the new title "In search of complementarities within and across platform ecosystems: Complementors’ relative standing and performance in mobile apps ecosystems"
Posted: 23 May 2018 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2020
M.Mahdi Tavalaei and Carmelo Cennamo
University of Surrey - Surrey Business School and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation

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platform ecosystem; digital platform; co-specialization; status recognition; smartphone app developer