Daniel Hodapp

• Dr. rer. pol.
• Manager at EY

Digital platform ecosystems have formed profitable centers of gravity over the past decade. However, in several areas, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the platform business is still in its infancy. Moreover, platform ventures are now failing at an alarming rate. The nexus for the success or failure of platforms often lies in the early stages...

The platform economy presents both enormous opportunities and threats to incumbent firms. Our analysis of eight platform projects within the Bosch Group, a German engineering and technology company, reveals common barriers experienced by incumbent firms related to learning platform business logic, proving platform value and building a platform org...

Digital innovation enables new forms of cyber-physical innovation based on digital business ecosystems. However, the realization of the opportunities arising from such innovation substantially hinges on interoperability, that is, the ability of two or more systems to exchange information and understand that exchanged information. While interoperabi...

Digital platform ecosystems have recently risen in relevance and popularity. With the diffusion of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), born digital actors as well as traditional “pipeline firms” engage in platform ecosystems. This study explores the challenges perceived by industrial-age firms when building a platform ecosystem for t...

Over the last decade, powerful digital platforms orchestrating ecosystems with millions of complementors have leveraged value co-creation to form tempting centers of gravitas. The nexus for prosperity or failure of such platforms often lies in the early stages of platform development. However, little is known about the challenges of nascent digital...

Current research has highlighted multiple facets of established ecosystem formations. We intend to add to the body of ecosystem literature by raising the question of how incumbent firms navigate in emerging de novo ecosystems. Using a grounded theory approach, we analyze incumbent firms in the nascent German electro mobility industry. The electro m...

The success of the IoT is inextricably linked to the balanced interplay of technological, organisational and economical interdependencies that occur in the cyber physical IoT ecosystem. Despite growing scientific interest, recent literature lags behind cumulativeness and focuses on individual constitutions of the IoT rather than on a comprehensive...

A wide range of Internet of Things platform providers operate diverse business models to cater for the manifold requirements of the IoT. This paper contributes to a more precise understanding of IoT platforms as an essential building block of the IoT based on the characteristics of its business models. Even though research listing technological dim...