Call for chapters for the Edited volume

Value Creation in Digital Platforms and Business Ecosystems:Networks, Relationships and the Platform Markets to be published by Routledge

Editors:Victoria Slettli, (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)Sabine Baumann (Berlin School of Economics and Law)

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Background and objective

Opportunities brought by digital technologies have dramatically transformed businesscontexts and the structure of business interactions. Digital relationships with partners andcustomers taking place on the online platforms and organized as digital businessesecosystems and digital service platforms influence the modes and mechanisms of valuecreation in such contexts. Meanwhile, in the physical product market, value creation is mostlyan internal process within the so-called pipeline business model, the value creation in theplatform markets is somewhat different with the absence of explicit value stream directions.Platform actors are in a complex relationship with each other, exchanging resources on apermanent basis and without a predefined order, creating innovations and hence, value. Thepreconditions for value creation in the digital markets are related to the so-called networkeffects. Actors within digital markets may benefit from the supply-side network effects oreconomies of scale, as well as demand-side network effects. On the other side, the networkeffects may turn negative if the platform loses its attractiveness. Hence, the matter of digitalcommunity curation and governance to ensure innovation is of high urgency. Further, in suchdigital spaces, the issue of value co-creation with customers and partners becomes of pivotalimportance.This edited volume seeks to provide a comprehensive and detailed exploration of theevolution and current state of research on all aspects of value creation in the context ofplatform markets, digital ecosystems and platforms. It brings together established scholarsdeepening knowledge and emerging scholars forging new ground to expand knowledge andinvestigates different perspectives on the subject matter. All types of scholarly papers areinvited for submission (theoretical, review, cases, descriptive empirical studies, etc.)employing a variety of research methods. The aim is to produce a reference book that can beused both by academics aiming to familiarize themselves with the state of research and theoryconcerning value creation in the platform markets, as well as practitioners interested in thepractices and insights in the subject matter.

Recommended topics

The book is open to conceptual and empirical contributions and case studies from all areas ofbusiness administration and management, marketing, entrepreneurship, innovation,economics and humanities. Chapters related to all dimensions of context relevant for Valuecreation in Digital Platforms and Markets are welcome. They include, but are not limited to,the following:
 Social, environmental and economic value creation in the platform markets and digitalbusiness ecosystems
 Value creation logics; and its effects on the digital ecosystems and service platformsactors
 Value co-creation in the digital platforms and ecosystems
 Customer roles and contributions in value creation in digital business ecosystems
 Business model perspective on value creation in the digital ecosystem; valueproposition, architecture and network
 Value creation and sustainability issues in the digital ecosystems
 Value creation in time and space context Innovation and value creation in the platform markets
 Platform management and governance for value creation Conceptual and empirical models of value creation and value orchestration

Publishing information
Chapters will be 6,000 to 8,000 words in length. All chapters will be peer-reviewed.Tentative timeline- Chapter proposal due (300-to-500-words): 1 March 2024.

The chapter proposal shouldoutline idea/research questions, relevance for Value creation in Digital Markets, methodologyand expected results-

Notification decision on proposal: 31 March 2024-
Full chapter due (first draft): 31 July 2024-
Peer/ editor reviews due: 31 October 2024-
Final chapter due: 31 January 2025- Final proof sent to authors – To be announced-

Book published: Late 2025/Early 2026 (to be finalized by the Publisher).Submission

Please send the book chapter proposal to Victoria Slettli, Inland Norway University ofApplied Sciences (Norway): Victoria.slettli@inn.no