BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam//NONSGML v1.0//EN NAME:ABRI Lunch Seminar Panos Constantinides METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260310T113000 DTEND:20260310T123000 DTSTAMP:20260310T113000 UID:2026/abri-lunch-seminar-panos-@8F96275E-9F55-4B3F-A143-836282E12573 CREATED:20260416T015005 LOCATION:VU Main Building De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam SUMMARY:ABRI Lunch Seminar Panos Constantinides X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We are happy to invit e you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Reclaiming Control on Strategic Bottl enecks in Dominant Platform Ecosystems by Prof. Panos Constantinides (Alliance Manchester Business School, UK) organized by ABRI and the K IN Center for Digital Innovation.

The seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 10th, from 11:30 to 12:30 (HG-08A37).

This is a lunch seminar; please register your attendance by accepting/dec lining your emailed invitation by Friday, March 6th, at 10 AM at the latest (for catering).

Abstract
Prior re search emphasizes platform governance for continuity such as ensuring backward compatibility, engaging in frequent, incremental updates th at leverage demand-side economies of scale and learning, and exerting competitive pressure on complementors. Such governance strategies ai m to preserve the status quo, but they do not explain how a platform sponsor can respond when they have lost control over strategic bottle necks, when the balance of governance has collapsed into value captur e by partners. We develop a theoretical process model that explains h ow a platform sponsor reclaims control over strategic bottlenecks. By rendering the old platform ecosystem technologically incompatible an d obsolete (a separating strategy), stopping licensing and technical support to ban further growth (a blocking strategy) and absorbing cri tical compliance layers (an enveloping strategy), the platform sponso r structurally dissolves competition.  We contribute to research on platform governance by identifying a distinct, radical mode of go vernance used not to balance tensions among ecosystem actors, but to resolve them through systemic restructuring. We conclude with implica tions for further research.

DESCRIPTION: The seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 10th, from 11:30 to 12:30 (HG-08A37).

This is a lunch seminar; please r egister your attendance by accepting/declining your emailed invitatio n by Friday, March 6th, at 10 AM at the latest (for catering).
< br>Abstract
Prior research emphasizes platform go vernance for continuity such as ensuring backward compatibility, enga ging in frequent, incremental updates that leverage demand-side econo mies of scale and learning, and exerting competitive pressure on comp lementors. Such governance strategies aim to preserve the status quo, but they do not explain how a platform sponsor can respond when they have lost control over strategic bottlenecks, when the balance of go vernance has collapsed into value capture by partners. We develop a t heoretical process model that explains how a platform sponsor reclaim s control over strategic bottlenecks. By rendering the old platform e cosystem technologically incompatible and obsolete (a separating stra tegy), stopping licensing and technical support to ban further growth (a blocking strategy) and absorbing critical compliance layers (an e nveloping strategy), the platform sponsor structurally dissolves comp etition.  We contribute to research on platform governance by id entifying a distinct, radical mode of governance used not to balance tensions among ecosystem actors, but to resolve them through systemic restructuring. We conclude with implications for further research. We are happy to invite you to the ABRI Lunch Seminar Reclaiming Contr ol on Strategic Bottlenecks in Dominant Platform Ecosystems by Prof. Panos Constantinides (Alliance Manchester Business School, UK) organi zed by ABRI and the KIN Center for Digital Innovation. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR