Platformele digitale - o nouă arhitectură a întreprinderii (II)

Dr. Albert ALBANEZI

Facultatea de Drept, Universitatea "Babeş-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca

Center for Business Law & Information Technology

ABSTRACT

Viewed from the perspective of an enterprise, digital platforms reinterpret elements found in a traditional company. This change is driven by the presence of network effects that provide connectivity between platform users, thus generating value for participants. At the same time, through network effects users are included in the ecosystem managed by the platform.

Although differences can be identified depending on the specific category of platforms to which we refer, the general trend is towards outsourcing in terms of the resources required for the service offered, or even extending the corporate structure. The role of tangible assets or employees becomes limited in these companies, as it is no longer necessary for the platform to own or control them, but rather to coordinate the...