Essential Platform Infrastructure and the Need for Regulation

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dc.contributor.authorHermes, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorSchreieck, Maximilian
dc.contributor.authorThatcher, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-24T18:21:19Z
dc.date.available2021-12-24T18:21:19Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-04
dc.description.abstractDigital platforms have become a ubiquitous phenomenon and sparked innovation in various industries. However, digital platforms have also raised concerns about competition, privacy, labor protection, democracy, and negative externalities. This is why platform regulation has gained significant attention from research and practice in recent years. Regulators face the challenge of predicting the importance of a new platform of investigation with limited resources and a growing platform economy. To address this challenge, we develop a framework building on infrastructural properties, platform properties, and the notion of essentiality. We derive the concept of essential platform infrastructure to determine the need for regulation. We propose that the degree of essentiality of a digital platform and its appropriation of infrastructural properties are two dimensions indicating the magnitude of potential damage that a platform can cause in case it abuses its power, thereby indicating an increased need for regulation.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2022.813
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/80153
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectManaging the Dynamics of Platforms and Ecosystems
dc.subjectdigital infrastructures
dc.subjectdigital platforms
dc.subjectessential platform infrastructure
dc.subjectplatform regulation
dc.titleEssential Platform Infrastructure and the Need for Regulation
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