Value capture and embeddedness in social-purpose-driven ecosystems. A multiple-case study of European digital healthcare platforms
Pundziene, Asta (Kaunas University of Technology)
Gerulaitiene, Neringa (Kaunas University of Technology)
Bez, Sea Matilda (University of Montpellie)
Georgescu, Irène (University of Montpellie)
Mathieu, Christopher (Lund University)
Carrabina Bordoll, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Microelectrònica i Sistemes Electrònics)
Rialp Criado, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Nieminen, Hannu (Tampere University)
Varri, Alpo (Tampere University)
Boethius, Susanne (Lund University)
van Gils, Mark (Tampere University)
Giménez, Víctor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Narbón Perpiñá, Isabel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Prior Jiménez, Diego (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Empresa)
Vilutiene, Laura (Kaunas University of Technology)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	We aim to answer the question of the effect of a social-purpose-driven ecosystem on value capture from digital health platforms. We call the social-purpose-driven ecosystem a phenomenon which seeks social impact before profits and aims to empower citizens for individual and collective well-being. Thus, capturing value from digital platforms embedded in a social-purpose-driven ecosystem fundamentally differs from profiting from purely commercial digital platforms and poses significant challenges to platform owners and public policy. Previous research has focused mainly on profiting from technological innovations but has yet to consider the contextual role of the social-purpose-driven ecosystem. We applied the Profiting from Innovation (PFI) framework to fill this gap. Furthermore, based on the results of the multiple-case study of five European digital healthcare platforms, we extend the PFI framework. As a result, we define four unique contingencies which enable value capture from digital healthcare platformsembedded in a social-purpose-driven ecosystem: 1) multilayer value creation, (2) multipurpose complementary assets, (3) emerging dominant design, and (4) distributed socio-economic returns mechanisms. The study offers two managerial and policy contributions. First, it calls on platform owners and policymakers to acknowledge the contextual effect of a social-purpose-driven ecosystem. Second, multilayer value creation, multiple complementary assets, dominant design and distributed socio-economic returns mechanisms can positively affect capturing value from digital healthcare platforms.
Grants:	European Commission 952012
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Digital healthcare platform ; Embeddedness ; Multiple-case study ; Profiting from innovations ; Social-purpose-driven ecosystem ; Value capture
Published in:	Technovation, Vol. 124 (June 2023) , art. 102748, ISSN 0166-4972

DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102748

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