Taking Ecosystems Competition Seriously in the Digital Economy: A (Preliminary) Dynamic Competition/Capabilities Perspective
14 Pages Posted: 11 Dec 2020
Date Written: December 9, 2020
Abstract
This paper discusses digital ecosystems. It first describes the common properties of business ecosystems and the idiosyncrasies of digital ecosystems. It then explains how dynamic capabilities provide a good understanding of ecosystem competition. It closes by exploring how a dynamic capabilities/competition-minded antitrust policy would look like. The paper was prepared for for the OECD hearing on Competition Economics of Digital Ecosystems (3 December 2020).
Keywords: ecosystems, innovation, complements, antitrust, competition, dynamic, digital
JEL Classification: K20, K21, L40, L41, L50, O34
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Petit, Nicolas and Teece, David J., Taking Ecosystems Competition Seriously in the Digital Economy: A (Preliminary) Dynamic Competition/Capabilities Perspective (December 9, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3745453 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3745453
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